Why Lance Armstrong Has No Regrets About Doping

"I'd probably do it again," former road racing scyclist Lance Armstrong said about his doping scandal.

Bleacher Report wrote that the former seven-time Tour de France champion revealed that he has no regrets about doping. After the said doping scandal, Armstrong was stripped of all his Tour de France titles.

Armstrong told BBC Sport after being asked if he would dope again, "It's a complicated question, and my answer is not a popular answer. If I was racing in 2015, no, I wouldn't do it again, because I don't think you have to. If you take me back to 1995, when it was completely and totally pervasive, I'd probably do it again. People don't like to hear that."

He also shared how frustrating it was to have been banned from triathlons and other activities related sports, including running marathons after his admission in January 2013. During the BBC interview, Armstrong talked about the negative effects that his admission, made on Oprah Winfrey's show, had on his life. He said that he hopes that he will someday be forgiven by the public for the fallout. He shared his sadness over how many abandoned his Livestrong foundation.

Stuff reported that Armstrong talked about his reasons for finally admitting to doping, despite previously denying for years that he was on drugs.

Armstrong said, "When I made the decision [to dope in 1995], when my team made that decision, when the whole peloton made that decision, it was a bad decision and an imperfect time."

He explained, "But it happened. And I know what happened because of that. I know what happened to the sport, I saw its growth."

Armstrong also said that the seven titles removed from him should still have a winner. He said, "I think there has to be a winner, I'm just saying that as a fan. I don't think it sits empty... I feel like I won those Tours."

No winner was put in his place due to the prevalence of doping during those times.

Armstrong is a cancer survivor and used to be a hero to millions, especially after winning the Tour de France consecutively from 1999 to 2005. He established the Livestrong foundation afterwards which provides support for cancer patients. He was given a lifetime ban from racing in 2012 by the US Anti-Doping Agency after accusations against him surfaced in a report that he was involved in creating one of the most sophisticated doping schemes in sports.