Lance Armstrong opened up about his experience when he was caught using performance enhancing drugs, and whether he would do it all again for the first time.

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BBC Sports released an interview with Lance Armstrong on Monday where he opened up about his experience as a professional cyclist.

The ex-Olympian admitted during the interview that if he did it all over again, he would still probably use performance enhancing drugs.

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"If I was racing in 2015? No, I wouldn't do it again," he said. "Because I don't think you have to do it again. If you take me back to 1995 when it was completely and totally pervasive? (I'd) probably do it again."

As he has reportedly done in the past, he blamed his use of drugs on the culture of cycling.

"It's an answer that needs some explanation. I look at everything when I made that decision - when the whole peleton made that decision. We get it, it was a bad decision in an imperfect time but it happened.I know what happened to the sport of cycling from 1990 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion. I know what happened to the industry...do all those people want to, do we want to take it away? I don't think anybody says yes."

But is Armstrong remorseful?

"I think all of us, if I go back to 1995 ... I think we're all sorry. You know what we're sorry for? We're sorry that we were put in that place."

The 43-year-old athlete was also a global campaigner for cancer. He was dropped by his sponsors and his cancer charity cut all ties when the drama started two years ago.

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