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From news24.co.za


'Lance's dirty secrets'



18/10/2006 16:51  - (SA)  


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- A new book which claims to further lift the lid on some of the
dirtier secrets of Lance Armstrong's successful cycling career will go
on sale in France on Thursday.

The seven-time Tour de France champion is now retired, but a
second book by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh - authors of the
controversial "LA Confidentiel" two and a half years ago - claims to
shed new light on their allegations that Armstrong's feats came through
the use of doping products.

Extracts of "LA Officiel", which like the first book has been
written only in French, will appear in Thursday's edition of Le Monde
newspaper.

The book is centred mainly around an October 2005 legal dispute between Armstrong and an American insurance company, SCA.

On the basis of allegations in the first book by the pair, "LA
Confidentiel", SCA tried to pull out of a contract they had made with
Armstrong in 2001, and according to which they would pay him $9.5m if
he went on to win the Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

SCA went on to lose the dispute with Armstrong, who in the face
of several allegations over the years has always vigorously denied
cheating.

In the new book the testimony of Australian doctor Michael
Ashenden, a former Australian Institute of Sport scientist who is
credited with creating a blood test to uncover blood boosting drug EPO
(erythropoietin), suggests otherwise.

Some doctors had previously stated that the American's recovery
from cancer, his change of morphology and his extraordinary lung and
heart capacities were the key to Armstrong's almost superhuman
endeavours.


'Armstrong used doping products'


However Ashenden says in the book that Armstrong's lung and
heart capacities are not "exceptionally high", and added: "There's no
doubt: he (Armstrong) used doping products."

The book also uses the testimony of Frankie Andreu, a former
teammate of Armstrong's who recently claimed he used EPO in 1999 when
riding with Motorola.

Andreu's wife Betsy also appears. She was also a key witness in
SCA's dispute with Armstrong, whom she claimed to have heard admitting
that he had used banned doping products prior to contracting cancer, in
1996.

The book's co-author, Pierre Ballester, said their aim was not a relentless pursuit of Armstrong.

"It's a vital addition to an inquiry which throws the spotlight
back on claims which in the past tried to reveal Armstrong's
personality," Ballester told AFP.

"(He is) a rider whose career has been characterised by lies
and cheating, but who nonetheless left the sport unsanctioned,
unblemished and untouchable."

The 236 pages of "L A Officiel", which will go on sale Thursday in France, are bound to cause controversy.

However it remains to be seen if Armstrong takes any legal action for defamation.

The 35-year-old American, who is set to run the New York
marathon in November, pulled out of an initial threat to sue the
authors in France over their first book.

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How long is this still going to continue?

 

The guy has retired,there are millions of people who adore him, and he is a sport and cycling icon who has promoted the cycling immensely and inspired people to keep going!

 

Things like these only bring a a dark cloud over the sport that we all love.

 

I mean...SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORIES...(without being proven guilty of any doping scandals) doesn't that prove something??? The guy is in a class of his own and just plain excellent!

 

If the people really so dearly want to prove him guilty of something, wasn't seven years enough? Hell, how long do they need?

 

I'm with Jason on this one...LA all the way!!!
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He he' date=' "not a relentless pursuit of Armstrong", now that is an understatement LOL[/quote']

 

Yep Clap some people have sick ways of making money
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How long is this still going to continue?

 

The guy has retired' date='there are millions of people who adore him, and he is a sport and cycling icon who has promoted the cycling immensely and inspired people to keep going!

 

Things like these only bring a a dark cloud over the sport that we all love.

 

I mean...SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORIES...(without being proven guilty of any doping scandals) doesn't that prove something??? The guy is in a class of his own and just plain excellent!

 

If the people really so dearly want to prove him guilty of something, wasn't seven years enough? Hell, how long do they need?

 

I'm with Jason on this one...LA all the way!!!
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If Lance used PED's to win 7 times and achieve his performances, then I for one want him pursued and the truth to out. The fact that he won 7 times is as good an indicator that he was not clean as anything I have seen.

 

It is not likely in my opinion that one rider could perform so much better than the others and there is now a fair amount of evidence that he was not clean - it is right and reasonable that that evidence is pursued and examined.

 

It is not things like these that bring the dark cloud over the sport but the fact that most of the things like these are brushed under the carpet and riders get away with doping.

 

Lets take our heads out of the sand and get this sport cleaned up.

 

If LA goes down then so be it.
BikeMax2006-10-19 01:22:54
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Okay BikeMax, see your side of things. But wouldn't seven years of intense doping (as he then must have done) ruined him by now? I mean, your body can only take as much.

 

To be honest, I don't think any pro cyclist rides without some or other sort of dope, but some stuff are legal nowadays

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Absolutely,  but for the authors to say they are not on a mission is nonsense - whether or not you agree with that mission is a different story, but these guys are certainly on a mission.

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Guest Michelle

Did anyone read about the gay rumours.. he was linked to Matthew McConaughey LOLLOL

 

Ah... people can talk sh!te Tongue

 

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Guest Michelle

 Lance Armstrong & Matthew McConaughey Deny Everything

By Mike Baron

Oct 18, 2006

 

Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong have taken those brokeback buddy rumors by the horns, reports the New York Daily News.

 

Speculation has been ripe for some time that the Tour de France champ and the actor might be more than friends. Last summer,they were photographed together (shirts on and off) shortly after McConaughey split with Penelope Cruz and Armstrong broke up with Sheryl Crow.

 

In November, McConaughey joked on the gay rumors: "We tried it. Wasn't for us."

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I guess that's why it's called news/ballocks............as long as we admire ppl there will always be idiots out there to put them down......

 

I mean we all have our own brain to know what's going on :)

 

Lance is a gay addict that sure as hell can cycling like nothing else on earth :)

 

Whatch this space for his triahtlon rumours :)
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http://pics.hollywoodrag.com/gallery3/images/lance_matt_shirtless_medium.jpg

 

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LOL This really is rather pathetic, I mean who really cares?????

 

 

 

Valentino Rossi is probably the biggest raging closet homosexual in the

world, but he is by far the greatest athlete to ever race motorbikes.

Does that make him any less of a champion. Not in my book.

 

 

 

Go LA (and go Rossi for that matter, kick Haydens ass!) Big%20smile

 

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Not a LA fan, so cannot wait for him to go DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

All of them uses something and it's not only at that level.
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Same song by the same choir..... it is getting sooooo boooooring!!!!!!! The Aunty Laans Song Ensemble. Wonder what Lance did to these poor unhappy souls that they hate him so much.???????

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I agree with most of you.  The authors need to call a spade a spade.  They are after Armstrong (and fairly as Bikemax has said) and the reason they continue is because there is interest and they will continue to earn revenue from the thousands that will buy the book and read the newspaper.  As for how long it will continue depends on the public - the more they want, the more they will get, especially if they pay for it.

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