MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: Ten thoughts on the interview that got away

If David Walsh’s long struggle tells you anything it’s to take a step back and not to drink the Kool-Aid; and question the hysteria at every turn.

Some random observations on cyclist Lance Armstrong after his recent interview with Oprah Winfrey.

One: How lucky are anti-drugs-in-sport campaigners in their enemies? Lance Armstrong’s appearance and demeanour in his interview with Oprah Winfrey last week put him in the rogues’ gallery of dopers, right there with the sexually ambiguous Eastern European weightlifters and red-eyed Ben Johnson: cartoon villains one and all.