Lance Armstrong: I would probably cheat again

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Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted he would probably use performance-enhancing drugs again if he could turn back the clock 20 years.

He was given a lifetime ban in 2012 after admitting to doping offences following years of denial. Armstrong last year revealed he was "struggling with the consequences" of his public confession of doping.

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The 43-year-old, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by cycling's governing body, the UCI, told the BBC he would not use performance-enhancing drugs if he was competing now, but would most likely cheat again if he could go back 20 years.

He said: "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 doping was completely pervasive, I'd probably do it again. People don't like to hear that [but] that's the honest answer."

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