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"{{tmz_video_0}} &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"011713_lance_oprah_550x550\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/17/011713-lance-oprah-550x550-1.jpg\" style=\"display: none;\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance Armstrong&lt;/strong&gt; just confessed ... EVERYTHING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance admitted it all during his Oprah interview -- saying he took banned substances to enhance his cycling performances before all 7 of his Tour de France wins ... he blood doped ... he took testosterone ... EPO ... human growth hormone ... everything you can imagine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance had denied the allegations for years -- and when Oprah asked why he came forward now, Lance replied, \"I don't know that I have a great answer. I will start now by saying this is too late ... I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times ... I am a flawed character.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added, \"I didn't invent the [doping] culture, but I did nothing to stop the culture ... and I am sorry for that.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance said he began using EPO (erythropoietin) -- a hormone that enhances red blood cell production -- in the mid 90s.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked if he was ever afraid he'd be caught -- Lance replied, \"No.\"&lt;br /&gt;When asked if it felt wrong at the time -- Lance replied, \"No.\"&lt;br /&gt;When asked if he felt like he was cheating -- he replied, \"No ... I viewed it as a level playing field.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for how the whole operation worked, Armstrong hedged on the details -- saying, \"I viewed it as very simple. You had things that were oxygen-boosting drugs, for lack of a better word, that were incredibly beneficial for endurance sports. And that's all you needed.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: right;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;He added, \"My cocktail was only EPO ... not a lot ... transfusions and testosterone.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance -- who referred to his former self as \"an arrogant pr*ck\" -- isn't shocked by the outrage over his lies and deceit ... saying, \"I deserve it.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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