From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
by David Walsh
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Author: David WalshEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN: 034549962X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: More lies.
Summary: 1 Stars
A statement from Lance Armstrong:
Predictably, on the eve of the Tour de France, I will be the subject of a repeated, baseless attack in yet another unobjective book by David Walsh. Trying to jump on the bandwagon of current publicity surrounding cycling, Walsh now issues a recycled version of two earlier French books that were likewise founded upon a demonstrably false string of sensational, untrue and fabricated allegations.
This latest attack will be no different than the first two - a sensationalized attempt to cash in on my name and sully my reputation by people who have demonstrated a consistent failure to adhere to the most basic journalistic standards or ethics. We proved in Court that Walsh and his sources have no credibility. Walsh bolstered his first two book's accusations by knowingly using false, backdated and manufactured diary entries and documents. He violated fundamental principles by paying his sources for "information"; he then compounded his unethical conduct by lying and denying those payments until confronted with irrefutable proof to the contrary.
The allegations and sources in the latest book remain just as baseless, unreliable and manufactured as they were in the first two books. Continuing a pattern of distortion and fabrication started in the other books, the new book takes recycled allegations from the first books and cherry-picked allegations and testimony from the losing side of a court case I won and attempts to portray them as facts. I responded in court to these allegations, most of which are made by a handful of grudge holders, axe grinders, and a so-called "expert" whose graduate degree turned out to be by way of correspondence courses -- and I proved them false. I was awarded 7.5 Million dollars in actual and punitive damages by a professional panel of legal experts who received all the evidence and heard from all the "eyewitnesses". Every allegation and witness was confronted thoroughly, lawfully and fairly. I was vindicated yet again.
I raced clean. I won clean. I am the most tested athlete in the history of sports. I have defended myself and my reputation and won every court case to prove I was clean. Yet another Walsh book with baseless, sensational and rejected allegations will not overcome the truth.
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