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Old 28-10-12, 04:00 PM   #61
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I'd agree with you, but that's not what the Team Sky statement says.

It says the interviews brought up nothing that would have required him to leave..... Why leave then? To me that means no golden parachute either.

I agree it would have been difficult to avoid at the time, and I've been waiting for this to come out, but I've more respect for people like Millar who admit it than those who continue to not admit it.
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Old 28-10-12, 04:09 PM   #62
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I'd agree with you, but that's not what the Team Sky statement says.

It says the interviews brought up nothing that would have required him to leave..... Why leave then? To me that means no golden parachute either.

I agree it would have been difficult to avoid at the time, and I've been waiting for this to come out, but I've more respect for people like Millar who admit it than those who continue to not admit it.
I hadn't seen the Sky statement, so like you say why leave?

Yes, Millar has come clean about his wrong doings, and is trying to do his bit to get the sport cleaned up.

TBH I think it would be VERY hard to find someone who was was a professional cyclist in the 90's who wasn't involved or knew about doping on their team

Only person I can think of is Chris Boardman
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Old 15-01-13, 11:36 AM   #63
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I didnt see that coming..lance spills the beans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21024288
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Old 15-01-13, 05:40 PM   #64
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that took ball for him to admit it...
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Old 15-01-13, 05:43 PM   #65
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As posted up in the cycling thread

Oprah tweeted that Lance was 'Prepared for it' so I presume he didn't say as much as he should, so in the words of the BBC reprter, he conducted the interview himself, rather than Oprah grilling him.

She was apparently mesmerised by him. Probably why he chose to give his interviewed to her
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Old 15-01-13, 09:38 PM   #67
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I liked what Nicole Cooke said about it all. There was a good article on what she said in a few papers but this short video clip sums it up nicely, I think.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...etirement.html
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Old 18-01-13, 10:21 PM   #68
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Can anyone point me in a direction of the video of the interview?
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Old 18-01-13, 10:24 PM   #69
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Have you got Sky, if so its being repeated on the Discovery channel at regular intervals at present...
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