Amy Goodman
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"The Tony Soprano of the Cycling World": Dave Zirin on Lance Armstrong's Doping Confession
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January 18, 2013
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10:27Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - For the first time, cycling legend Lance Armstrong publicly admitted to doping last night, saying he won all seven of his record Tour de France championships with the help of performance-enhancing drugs. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey, the cyclist recounted how he abused banned substances to ensure his victories despite zealously denying allegations of doping for years. "A lot of cyclists I've talked to talk about drug use as if it's survival drugs," says sportswriter Dave Zirin. "Now all that being said, the answer is not of course to dope your body as an answer to that. The answer is a reformation of the sport. Trying to make the courses safer, unionizing the cyclists so they have some sense of a collective voice."
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