FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was scheduled to sit down Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 for what has been trumpeted as a "no-holds barred," 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Winfrey. (AP Photos/File)

Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, according to the Associated Press.

Excluding the most devout Lance believers, this isn't exactly a revelation.

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Dozens of former teammates, support staff and competitors already have detailed Armstrong's use. The United States Anti-Doping Agency released a 1,000-page report that was staggering in its detail proving it. There have been books and investigative reports and on-the-record accusations. Armstrong has been stripped of his titles, dumped by most of his sponsors and banned from competition.

And, of course, there is the fact that he competed in a sport overwhelmed by PED use, making his years of asserting his purity all the more ridiculous. That would mean the clean rider beat all the dirty ones. The drugs, after all, are called "performance enhancing" for a reason.

We'll see what Lance does and doesn't cop to and who he does and doesn't apologize to when his sit-down with Oprah is televised (Thursday and Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network), but here's the thing: Lance Armstrong doesn't really owe much to most of us.





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His fans who were duped into cheering for the fairy tale? Get over yourself. You were rooting for a guy to ride his bike really fast around France, you weren't conned out of your house. And really, you willingly suspended belief. This is on you as much as him.

The sport of cycling itself? Well, that endeavor has proven nearly corrupt to the core. If anything, those races Armstrong won were on a fairly level playing field – a dirty one, but level nonetheless. Cycling is a great sport, but this is an unavoidable byproduct.

The people who donated to Livestrong under the illusion that this was 100-percent real? So what? The money still went to a good cause. It wasn't stolen for some nefarious purpose. You really aren't the victim.





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In the end, Armstrong did far more good for the world – particularly in the cancer wards where inspiration is so desperately needed – than bad. He rides a bicycle. He didn't kill anyone.

He did, however, try to destroy some people – their finances, their businesses, their reputations, their names. These are the victims of Lance Armstrong, and the only hope is that Winfrey didn't just let Lance brush aside the truly aggrieved parties or the obvious questions.

Armstrong isn't necessarily a bad guy for doping. He is a bad guy for the way he used his immense power, fame and fortune to attempt to ruin anyone who dared to speak the truth to his avalanche of lies.

That was some punk behavior.

So here are some of the questions we hope Oprah asked Lance:

1. Why now, Lance? Is it because in one potential perjury case the statute of limitations has passed? Is it because you've already lost almost all your sponsors, had to step back from your foundation and are no longer getting the attention you once earned?

Did you have to lose nearly everything until you sought the only possible out? And at this point, why are you worth listening to at all?

2. Why are you doing this with me, Oprah Winfrey? I'm not known for my cycling knowledge or for pointed follow-up questions or my investigative journalistic skills. In fact, it's the opposite.

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