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  1. Keith RIchards

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    Millar chimes in...

    “It is not sitting in front of a judge or a disciplinary hearing being properly questioned about the things he has done wrong. I doubt very much it will be a proper interrogation,” added Millar, who himself served a two-year ban after admitting doping in 2004 and then became a vocal campaigner against drugs in sport.

    “My biggest concern is that it will be completely stage-managed, that he will just be ‘given the ball,’ and that it will all be about his emotions rather than concentrating on exactly what he did wrong,” said Millar.

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/news/millar-leery-of-stage-managed-armstrong-interview-with-winfrey_270837

    It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.
    Posted 4 months ago

  2. pa biker

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    My gut says that he confesses. Don't know how he can do that with all the pending litigation and perjury charges, but that's my gut feeling.

    However, I hope he comes on with the same old song and Lance - adamantly denying everything. That would be the final burnout of his dwindling flame.

    Either way, we should know ahead of time. Someone is bound to leak the details.

    Posted 4 months ago

  3. Entheo

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    rest assured that whatever he says will barely qualify as a confession. if he goes there, it will be a string of rationalizations (e.g. everyone was doing it), peer reviews (i won 'cause the other dopers said i did), victimization (i passed all those tests why did they single me out?) and sympathy plays (family, cancer, foundation, sponsors etc.).

    but based on prior performances we can expect quite the acting job, better than cruise on a couch!

    Posted 4 months ago

  4. pikeHillRoad

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    +1 entheo adding: tears

    Posted 4 months ago

  5. Keith RIchards

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    Hey, I will watch if he is gonna cry...

    Posted 4 months ago

  6. iamus72

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    Those won't be tears you will see him crying, Keith. That's the residual EPO leaking out.

    Posted 4 months ago

  7. Berzin

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    The Oprah interview hasn't happened yet. It will be taped this coming Monday.

    So says Stormy.

    Posted 4 months ago

  8. Orange Crush

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    That's correct - read a news update on this. Yet to be taped at undisclosed location.

    Tears? Now that would be SHOCKING.

    The wise man said follow me...and he walked behind.
    Posted 4 months ago

  9. pa biker

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    Will be taped at his compound near Austin - that was already released somewhere. Funny $hit if they use his basement sofa, but I don't think she'd allow the TdF jerseys to be in the background.

    Posted 4 months ago

  10. Yo Mike

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    LA's tears, if they appear, will be of the 'crocodile' variety.

    Posted 4 months ago

  11. Jah

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    I will settle for nothing less than Landis hiding under his chair and popping out as the Oprah surprise

    tears will only serve for humor

    Posted 4 months ago

  12. Cosmic Kid

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    The only way he confesses is if:

    1) He is getting something out of it (i.e. reduced ban)
    2) He has settlements in place re: Flandis', SCA's and the Sunday Times lawsuits.

    I see no way all that happens by Monday.

    Just say "NO!!" to WCP!

    "Want to get faster? Work harder, eat better, cut the crap. Instead of talking the talk, work the work"
    Posted 4 months ago

  13. taterheadrob

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    I thought he was never going to speak of it again? It has only been a couple months.

    Oprah will make him cry, then we will all cry.
    I am starting to cry already just thinking about it.

    Why can't he just race thru Strava? Did they ban him too?

    Back to riding the trainer.....

    Posted 4 months ago

  14. jacques_anquetil

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    CK - you are forgetting the alternative: that he already has these considerations in place!

    Posted 4 months ago

  15. longslowdistance

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    Oprah is famous for gifts to her studio audience. The imagination runs wild!

    Posted 4 months ago

  16. Cosmic Kid

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    jacques....I think we would have heard rumors to that effect by now if he did. I could be comety off-base, but based on his recent statements via Strava, I don't think so....

    Posted 4 months ago

  17. PCRider

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    If there isn't a live audience that gets gifted with yellow jerseys I am going to be disappoint.

    Posted 4 months ago

  18. Mike

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    They are going to talk about cancer, his kids, being a dad, running marathons, books and food.

    There will be about 5 min of drug talk.... Which will be summed up in " I don't want to talk about the past, I want to talk about the future"

    Posted 4 months ago

  19. jacques_anquetil

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    not so quick CK. Armstrong met with USADA in December, if you hadn't already seen it:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/news/must-read-armstrong-met-with-usada-in-december_270853

    there's probably more that went on there than they are admitting to.

    Posted 4 months ago

  20. pa biker

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    I actually asked Strava to ban him. They are going to talk about it at their next meeting.

    Didn't sound too promising.

    Posted 4 months ago

  22. 7tdf-SpearofLance

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    Oprah will ask him point blank if he took drugs. Lance will say that he would LOVE to answer that question but that his lawyers refuse to let him because of the millions at stake. Which is true. End of story. And then the counter attack will hit. All the stuff Lances knows about Floyd and Hamilton and Tygart will be aired. Hopefully the next day congress pulls the plug on the USDA.

    And the hater Death Star goes up in smoke.

    Posted 4 months ago

  23. Jah

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    You started two sentences with "and" and the third sentence is a fragment. No malapropisms and the style is a bit better than some of your past attempts to communicate. You really should consider an ESL class, it would make you a more effective communicator of the Livestrong message.

    Posted 4 months ago

  25. Inferno7

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    "Oprah is famous for gifts to her studio audience. The imagination runs wild!"

    That's pretty good. Can imagine truck loads of Livestrong swag, cups, t-shirts, hats....ect. Going to look like a LS pow-wow by the time Lance gets done.

    LeMond VO2 max 95, Armstrong 82....doh
    Posted 4 months ago

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