few days ago you texted to the associated press and said

I told her to go wherever she wants

Her meaning me

and now answer the questions

directly

honestly and candidly

that is all I can say

those are your words ?

It's my words ! When we first met, a week ago today,

we agreed that there would be no holds barred,and they would be no conditions on

this interview and that this would be an open field

i think that is the best for both of us ! I agree

So here we go

open field

so let's start with the questions of people around the world have been

waiting for you to answer,and for now I'd just like a

Yes

or No , okay

this whole conversation we have a lot of time will be about the details

yes or no , did u ever take banned substances to enhance your

cycling performance

yes or no, was one of those banned substances EPO

did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling

performance ? YES

did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone cortisone

or human growth hormone

yes or no

and all seven

of your tour de france victories

Did you ever take banned substances or blood dope

in your opinion was it humanly possible

to win the tour de france without doping seven times in a row

" Not " in my opinion

so when did you first start doping

we're done with this YES or NO

yeah , we're done these Yes or NO

you know i suppose earlier in my career there was

uh... cortisone and then

the EPO regeneration began

began when

for me or for......for you ... Um...

at mid-nineties

mid nineties