Cycling doping claims: Lance Armstrong back in the hot seat

He is one of the world's most famous athletes, who overcame cancer and has since dominated his sport. But Lance Armstrong is now facing a battle of a very different kind. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is investigating evidence that the seven-time Tour de France champion may have encouraged performance-enhancing drug use on his team.

Guests:

Julien Prétot, Journalist at Reuters
Redouane Mahrach, Lawyer specialised in sports law

Programme produced by Aurélien Aeberhard & Laura Farrenq

Hosted by Annette Young

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"has since dominated his

by Anonyme - 16/08/2010 - 09:56

"has since dominated his sport..." a single race you mean, not the entire sport, not the entire year

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The Lance Camp has resorted to Julien Pretot of Reuters and Jim Vertuno of AP to propogate their BS since mainstream media in America is no longer buying the Lance Lie. Julien Pretot can say he personally think Floyd has an agenda but how does he explain the other teammates who have corraborated what Floyd has said? Julien is quickly losing credibility by continually giving Armstrong the benefit of the doubt and reporting without bias.

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good show

by Anonyme - 10/08/2010 - 16:06

good show

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possible charges

by Anonyme - 10/08/2010 - 03:49

For the possible charges, what about perjury, fraud, conspiracy, drug trafficking, intimdation of a material witness (Simeoni, Landis, LeMond), tax evasion? In 2007, the LAF had raised $270 million, with only $20 million going directly to cancer research. It takes the LAF $45 to raise $100. How really useful is Armstrong to the fight against cancer? What about the millions of kids who he has lied to, and who now think doping is ok? Cycling has cleaned up its act? Hardly.