L.A. Confidentiel

For the James Ellroy novel and film, see L.A. Confidential and L.A. Confidential (film).
L.A. Confidentiel
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AuthorPierre Ballester
David Walsh
Original titleL.A. Confidentiel: Les secrets de Lance Armstrong
SubjectLance Armstrong
PublisherLa Martinière
Publication date
2004
Pages373
ISBN2846751307

L.A. Confidentiel: Les secrets de Lance Armstrong (L.A. Confidential: Lance Armstrong's Secrets) is a book by sports journalist Pierre Ballester and The Sunday Times sports correspondent David Walsh. The book contains circumstantial evidence of cyclist Lance Armstrong having used performance-enhancing drugs. The book has only been published in French.

A key witness for the authors was Armstrong's and his teammates' masseuse and soigneur Emma O'Reilly. She revealed that she has taken clandestine trips to pick up and drop off what she concluded were doping products.

Many of the incidents and allegations in the book were later featured in the USADA 2012 report on the US Postal Service cycling team,[1][2] which led to Armstrong being stripped of most of his titles by the UCI.[3] Many 2012 news reports would feature O'Reilly and others previously reported on in the book.[4]

  1. ^ The Last Word, with Matt Cooper Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Oct 22 2012, interview with Paul Kimmage on Today FM (Radio Ireland Limited T/A Today FM, Dublin), retr 2012 10 22
  2. ^ U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team Investigation, 2012, USADA.org
  3. ^ UCI confirms Lance Armstrong's life ban, Barry Ryan, cyclingnews.com, October 22, 2012
  4. ^ The World According to Lance, Quentin McDermott and Clay Hichens, October 15, 2012, Four Corners, ABC news (Australia)