Any cycling fans left?
Originally posted by bartajax:I wonder what he will say, he doesn't have many more options than just confess and hope for the best I guess.
Giro in Belfast? Cool, we had the Giro and the Tour across the town in 2010. Waiting for a hour for them to come and than its ''zooooeeeeef'''and its over
Originally posted by Hans23:[..]
I think he will say he 'regrets' what happened, but not openly confess to them. That seems to be a common approach by guilty parties without facing the ramifications of openly confessing.
Originally posted by fabian:I think he will openly confess, because he may be allowed to participate in a triathlon if he does. Nothing to loose...
"The BBC understands Armstrong has held recent discussions with other cyclists who have themselves confessed to doping.
But there are a number of obstacles to a full confession.
The New York Times reported Armstrong's supporters are concerned he could face perjury charges if he confesses to using performance-enhancing drugs, because he made sworn testimony in a 2005 court case that he had never done so.
In addition, the cyclist faces a number of legal cases:
• A federal whistle-blower case filed by former team-mate Floyd Landis which accuses Armstrong and several United States Postal Service cycling team officials of defrauding the government by allowing doping
• A civil lawsuit brought by Dallas-based insurance company SCA Promotions, which paid millions of dollars to Armstrong for his Tour victories
• A civil lawsuit by the UK's Sunday Times newspaper to recover $500,000 paid to Armstrong to settle a 2006 libel lawsuit after it published claims from a French book co-authored by its then sports editor
Separately, the head of Usada told a US investigative programme that Armstrong had offered the agency a donation of some $250,000 in 2004, reports said"