Lance Armstrong - How Can We Prevent Doping In Pro Sports?

Complete video at: fora.tv/2007/07/04/A_Conversation_with_Lance_Armstrong

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong discusses issues surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports.

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Bob Schieffer interviews Lance Armstrong at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.

Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.

Lance Armstrong is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France - cycling's most prestigious race - seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous records of five wins by Miguel Indurain (consecutive) and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy.

Armstrong's athletic success and dramatic recovery from cancer inspired him to commemorate his accomplishments, with Nike, through the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a charity founded in 1997. The foundation's yellow rubber "Livestrong" wristbands, first launched in 2004, have been a major success, netting the foundation more than $60 million dollars in the fight against cancer, while helping Armstrong become a major player in the nonprofit sector.

These achievements have at times been clouded by allegations that Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs to achieve some of his wins. However, no conclusive evidence has been presented to verify these allegations, which he vigorously denies, and Armstrong has never failed a doping test.

Bob Lloyd Schieffer is an American journalist who has been with CBS News since 1969, serving 23 years as anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News from 1973-1996; chief Washington correspondent since 1982, moderator of the Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation since 1991, and, between March of 2005 and August 31, 2006, interim weekday anchor of the CBS Evening News. Katie Couric, formerly of NBC's The Today Show, succeeded Schieffer as anchor on September 5, 2006.

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[dachicagoan]

@hellsadore I totally agree, the only people that run to Lance's defense our people who either A)Know NOTHING of the sport or 2)Are die-hard "patriots" that can't imagine an American would cheat and love seeing the US beat the "frenchies". I am american and I don't really care of the french but how can a cyclist go from barely finishing mountain stages to dropping the top contenders like Pantani, Ullrich, Zulle, etc.??? You are either really good when you start off or you are never a contender

[hellsadore]

@gardner8388 Lance never won a bunch of races in Europe, he won world, one times, because the race became tactical with the rain, Lance attacked earlier and no one wanted to lead the pursuit.

Have you seen how Lance was systematically dropped on every mountain stages of his 3 first TDF ? He was just able to stay with gruppeto. That was never seen for a futur multiple TDF winner, only Riis had a similar pro-rider past as TDF winner.

Yes Lance is a doper and has probably be a doper since young

[finze1]

If you can't prove it, then get the fuck off.

[conorronayne1]

cheat

[taragon19990]

haters gonna hate

[ajc1337]

I have a hard time believing him, but unless its proven, I'm not gonna judge. though its bull that he's talking about this

[xxmdogxx1ify1]

awesome!

[k9pjuice]

How Can We Prevent Doping In Pro Sports? eemmm not having you in it is a good start

[hellsadore]

@dachicagoan Agree with you. It's difficult for people of every country to admit that their fellow are not better than people of other countries. I do believe that we have the same % of cheaters everywhere on planet, especially with world wide cultur...

[jschiefer]

awkward