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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/armstrong10.jpgArmstrong is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in Austin, Texas. Photograph: Reuters
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/armstrong11.jpgArmstrong during the interview with Oprah Winfrey. Photograph: George Burns/Oprah Winfrey Network via Getty Images
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/1a.gifLance Armstrong in action in 2010. USADA says 11 of his former teammates have testified against him, revealing "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". Photograph: John Giles/PA Wire
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/2a.gifThe cyclist after receiving the bronze medal in the men's individual time trial of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Photograph: Chang W Lee/New York Times
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/3a3.jpgThe athlete looks at a French gendarme before boarding a flight taking participants from Grenoble to Perpignan for the transfer stage of the Tour de France in July 2001. Photograph: Reuters
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/armstrong12.jpgArmstrong addresses participants at the Livestrong Challenge Ride at the Palmer Events Center last October in Austin, Texas. Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/4a.jpgArmstrong lifts six fingers to represent his six consecutive Tour de France wins before the start of Stage 20 between Montereau and The Champs Elysees in July 2004. Photograph: Robert Laberge/Getty Images
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/5a1.gifThe rider, then with the USPS team, celebrating on the podium after winning a sixth consecutive yellow jersey during Stage 20 of the Tour de France in July 2004. Photograph: Robert Laberge/Getty Images
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/6a1.jpgArmstrong (right), then with the Discovery Channel team, with teammate George Hincapie during the 19th stage of the Tour de France between Issoire and Puy-en-Velay in July 2005. Hincapie, formerly one of Armstrong's closest allies, gave testimony in the USADA inquiry. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/7a.jpgThe seven-time Tour de France winner awaits the start of the 2010 Cape Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town in March 2010. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/8a.jpgArmstrong, with Team RadioShack, heads to the start of stage 17 of the Tour de France in July 2010 in Pau, France. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/9a.jpgThe founder of the Livestrong foundation takes part in a special session on cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in September 2010. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Armstrong's moment of truth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/10a.jpgThe rider finishes the Power of Four Mountain Bike Race on Aspen Mountain on August 25th, 2012 in Colorado on the day the USADA stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life. Photograph: Riccardo S Savi/Getty Images
