"Armstrong seems to have acted like an asshole .."

He said as much...called himself a 'bully'.

"I don't buy the "everyone is doing it, so don't disrespect our guy who got caught" defense."

Defense? I saw no defense... just a clarification. *I* don't respect ANY of them

"attempt to try and recover some of his image and $."

?It doesn't look like that interview will do much of either. He admitted that he doesn't expect many of those he offended or hurt to ever forgive him. The admissions may COST him $$$$, as he is now open to lawsuits for specific $$$$ he collected.