HARDtalk - David Millar

Cyclist David Millar gives a candid interview to Stephen Sackur on BBC's HARDtalk.

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[beatroot09]

I like that guy. In fact all the British team of cyclists are an individual bunch.

I would have loved to be at GB Team meetings ahead of world championships...Miller and Wiggins have had some criossed words in the past. I wonder how they got on in Copenhargen? :-)

[honestJohn1992]

@beatroot09 he said on his twitter that he had rekindled his friendship with Brad whilst in Copenhagen. He posted a picture of them, looked like a bit of a bromance was taking place.

[TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

Lance is the legend

[thekeythesecret666]

People stil think athletes are clean, lol are they dumb

[thekeythesecret666]

I used to sprint and I took eph's, like c'mon prop

[WELLBRAN]

@markyboy28able99 i agree

[WELLBRAN]

@markyboy28able99 has he given back all his earnings for being a jersey winner...now lecturing all and sundrty on how wrong it is...just baffling

[markyboy28able99]

Miller is little shit. He should fuck off out of the sport. I don't believe a word he says. He cheated us before and who knows what he is doing in the winter months to prepare for the tour these days.

[1RadNomad]

@tmudd24 Yes all very obvious, however life unfolds in unexpected ways and everyone who lives it to the full has skeletons in their closet. Character is shaped by what happens in life, not by being perfect. Sure Millar cheated and i don't condone cheating but i also don't agree with your assertion that he's "kind of a prick". There are many examples of people who do wrong, take the punishment on the chin, face their demons and turn themselves around. Multiple clean winner since '07, no donkey.

[tmudd24]

@1RadNomad i thought he came across as arrogant. this man is not just some poor bumpkin who got coned into doping by a shady trainer. he knew what he was doing and, more importantly, he was willing to piss one the work of all clean riders and on the sport as a whole to get himself ahead. all of this passion he has for the subject of doping only came after he was caught. if you ask me the "donkeys" at the back of the peloton deserve a hell of a lot more respect than the cheater in front.

[1RadNomad]

@tmudd24 Your comment is shallow and immature. There is enourmous depth of feeling, passion, regret, responsibility and courage evident in a man qualified to address a topic through real experience. Millar is definately not a prick, he was led astray, made mistakes, did what many others were doing but unlike most of them he's still riding at the top level and with dignity and working hard as a reformed advocate for clean cycling. Your comment says more about you than it does of Millar.

[Lynxtro]

@honestJohn1992 h ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi­/cycling/16414621.stm

not all is right between them it seems