Lance Armstrong has denied ever using a hidden motor in his bike during his professional career, asking interviewer Ger Gilroy of the Irish Off the Ball radio show: “Are you out of your mind? I know its topical but are you crazy?”
Armstrong flatly denied ever using a motor, saying “Absolutely not.” He said he knew that motors were a hot topic in the sport after a series of revelations in recent months but claimed that in 1999 nobody even knew it was possible to put a motor in a bicycle.
Armstrong was asked about hidden motors during a 30-minute interview that covered a wide range of the subjects, including his hopes to restore his relationship with Greg LeMond and Betsy Andreu and journalists Paul Kimmage and David Walsh. Armstrong has partially been allowed to return to competitive events after his ban for doping and is awaiting a final outcome in his legal battle with the US federal government and Floyd Landis.
Speaking from Austin, Armstrong seemed surprised by some of the hard-hitting questions that often forced him to go on the defensive. He confirmed that his seven Tour de France winner’s yellow jerseys remain on his wall at home, suggesting "the Tour de France is clearly too great and too grand, not to have a winner."
Armstrong ended the interview by failing to say goodbye, simply hanging up on Gilroy. Armstrong agreed to be on the show because he will be in Dublin on October 21 for the One Zero Global Sports Conference.
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He claimed he is willing to face any kind of question when he goes on stage.
"You get some people that are genuinely, really pissed off. Those aren't the easiest questions, but that's just part of it. This is not something that people are going to forget about or move on from. People want something, whether it's an apology or a direct answer or some contrition, whatever it is, and I welcome those opportunities. It's the spot I've got myself in," he said.
"I was stuck in a path of not being truthful and brazenness of the denials and defences. It’s embarrassing. I don’t like that. The good thing is that I get to come to Dublin and sit her for 90 minutes. If I’d done it five years ago, I’d have bullshitted you for the entire time. Now I get to sit there and say it the way it is."
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