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Lance Armstrong interview by Oprah Winfrey will be stage-managed - David Millar

Image: David Millar: Fears the Oprah interview will be toothless

David Millar fears Lance Armstrong's appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show next week will be "completely stage-managed" and will fail to fully address the disgraced cyclist's doping past.

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Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, banned for life and had his entire professional record from August 1998 onwards expunged after the International Cycling Union ratified a United States Anti-Doping Agency report that concluded the Texan had been behind a systematic doping programme between 1999 and 2005. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Armstrong was considering confessing to using performance-enhancing drugs during his career in order to have his ban reduced and eligibility to take part in triathlons and running races restored. The Oprah interview, which will also be streamed worldwide online, will be shown at 2am GMT on Friday, January 18.

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