Oprah Winifred to Interview 7 times Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong

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The Oprah Winfrey Network announced on Tuesday it will broadcast the interview on Thursday 17 January. It will be Armstrong's first formal interview since he was banned from racing for life.

Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner who was stripped of his cycling championships for doping, is to break his silence in a television interview with Oprah Winfrey.

"Armstrong will address the alleged doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating and charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied cycling career," Winfrey's network said in a statement.

Armstrong has always vehemently denied charges of doping and has never been proven to have tested positive.

Less than two weeks later, Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories were nullified and he was banned from competitive cycling for life after the International Cycling Union ratified Usada's sanctions against him.

In November, Armstrong, a survivor of testicular cancer, stepped down as a board member of Livestrong, the cancer-support charity he founded in 1997.

Source:Gdian