LANCE ARMSTRONG refuses to take down his seven Tour de France yellow jerseys because he believes history will prove him right.
The controversial former cyclist was stripped of the Tour titles he won between 1999 and 2005 after admitting to doping in a stunning interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2013.
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The revelation came amid a USADA and federal investigation into Armstrong’s doping, as well as multiple lawsuits brought against the former world champion.
Armstrong’s wins were struck from the record books but in a final defiant act he refused to take down his seven yellow jerseys.
That is because the Texan believes history never stops editing, and so the ‘truth’ will eventually be told.
Armstrong said on Steve-O’s Wild Ride! Podcast: “I think history catches up with everybody. That, in the short term for me, was difficult. History edited my story as this played out.
“The version that it was edited to at the time was that he didn’t win any Tours. I was stripped of all seven. It says those years that there is no winner.
“Here you have an event like the Tour that is beautiful and iconic and historical – it has to have a winner.
“History doesn’t stop and it doesn’t stop editing. It will continue to be edited and eventually the truth will be told.”
Armstrong, 53, truly believes he is the rightful winner of those seven Tours – and those who were there with him will back him up.
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So he does not care that the history books go against him.
He added: “What really matters is that I don’t give a s*** what the history books say now and don’t give a s*** what was written.
“What I care about is the people who were in the trenches – my teammates and the people who got beat, the people I wanted to beat, and the people I refused to hug.
“If you ask them what happened, they will tell you what happened. They will tell you who won those races. That is so true and so special, that history will correct that story.
“I might be long gone and dead, but history never stops editing.”