Disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong has told
the BBC he will testify with "100% transparency and honesty" at any
future inquiry into doping.
But the American, 42, wants assurances he will be
treated fairly after admitting in January he took
performance enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France wins.
I must start of by
admitting that I got it spectacularly wrong with Armstrong, earlier this year I
wrote about how the USADA should get off his back as he’d done nothing wrong
and leave him alone etc.
I was slightly wide of
the mark with that one, but knowing what we now know about Armstrong I think he
should keep his mouth shut and keep away from cycling and give cycling every
chance to try and shake off the negative reputation in which he has played a starring role in helping to build.
After the extensive
period of cheating, lies, deceit, that went on for over 10-15 years you don’t
get to come out and say oh by the way if you want someone to honestly testify
at a doping inquiry I’m your man, it really doesn’t work that way.
If cycling wants to
survive and move on as a sport then Armstrong and all those from his era should
be consigned to the history books and forever stand as a marker to signify when the
sport moved into a clean age, all the details of how Armstrong managed to hide
his cheating are already out there so cycling doesn’t need him taking part in inquiries.
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