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This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo shows Oprah Winfrey interviewing Lance Armstrong during taping for the show "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive" in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)

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Livestrong wants full truth from Lance

Group says it's charting 'independent course'

Updated: Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013, 1:04 PM CST
Published : Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013, 11:09 AM CST

AUSTIN (AP) — The Livestrong charity Lance Armstrong founded says it expects the disgraced cyclist was "completely truthful and forthcoming" in his interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Armstrong admitted to Winfrey using performance-enhancing drugs during his career after years of denials. The interview taped Monday is scheduled to be broadcast Thursday and Friday.

Armstrong founded the charity in 1997 but stepped down as chairman and left the board of directors late last year after a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report detailed a complex doping program on Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service teams.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from sport for life.

In a statement Wednesday morning, Livestrong said it had "charted a strong, independent course forward" and remained confident about its future.

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Livestrong wants full truth from Lance

Group says it's charting 'independent course'

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