His most astonishing allegation concerns an icon of American sport [Peyton Manning]. ibid.
Lanced! Armstrong to be striped of 7 Tour wins. Icarus ***** The New York Post front page, 2017
Teammates Testify Against Armstrong. ibid. newspaper
Unfortunately, the drugs work. ibid. Tester
We talk a few times. He’s in Moscow. And that set off this whole chain of events. ibid.
You should be able to see a 15-20% improvement. ibid. Supervisor
German TV Alleges 99% of Russian Olympians Doping. ibid. newspaper headlines
It is not too good to show our camera to them. ibid. at Russian lab
‘Overwhelming portions of the allegations made on the ARD programme have been found by the Independent Commission to be true. It’s worse than we thought.’ ibid. Dick Pound, press conference
‘State-sponsored doping.’ ibid. news
CNN Visits Secretive Russian Lab. ibid. CNN report
‘I need to escape and to walk the walk.’ ibid. Russian dude
‘I was part of a system.’ ibid.
May 7-10 2016: Grigory spends three days with the US Department of Justice providing detailed information about state-sponsored doping in Russia. ibid. caption
‘Our KGB officers brought all the clean urines of our athletes.’ ibid. Russian dude
‘Putin was very much happy.’ ibid.
‘Putin will kill me.’ ibid.
May 17 2016: The US Department of Justice officially launches an investigation into Russian doping allegations based on Grigory’s testimony. ibid. caption
There never was anti-doping in Russia. ibid.
This is Yuliya Stepanova and Vitaliy Stepanov and their small son Robert. In their native Russia they don’t feel safe any more. Because they’ve given away a secret. The Secrets of Doping: How Russia Makes Its Winners, ARD 2015
Vitaliy Stepanov loves his job at the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. ibid.
‘You must dope. That’s how it’s done in Russia.’ ibid. Vitaliy
The fairytale of clean sport will be refuted for all time. ibid.
I even receive audio files of conversations between top coaches and athletes. ibid.
‘The athlete has no choice.’ ibid. coach
It looks increasingly like a system. ibid.
RUSADA is part of the fraud scheme which he experienced as an employee. ibid.
I now receive growing evidence from Russian informants. ibid.
Fear and intimidation appear to belong to the system. ibid.
The Netherlands is at the centre of international doping trade and prosecutors aren’t doing anything about it. Lance Armstrong shocked the world but the problem may reach further than you realise. In the Netherlands alone there are 160,000 users. The Amateur Armstrongs, Journeyman TV 2013
It’s unclear exactly how many doping laboratories there are in the Netherlands. ibid.
Klitschko admits steroid abuse: Vitali Klitschko, who defends his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Britain’s Danny Williams in Las Vegas on December 11 has admitted to having used steroids in his career. Daily Telegraph article Bob Mee 2 November 2004
I acquired my first clients at a bar at The Ritz. Screwball, Tony Bosch, 2018
Special Report: Steroids In Baseball: Confessions of an MVP. ibid. Sports Illustrated front cover
Things came to head in the early 2000s especially after the Balco scandal. ibid. Bosch
For more than a decade there has been widespread illegal use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances by players in major league baseball. ibid. George Mitchell
I’m only as good as the protocol. I’m only as good as your compliance. ibid. Bosch
It is a tale of almost mythic proportions: a hero who overcomes unlikely roots and a deadly disease to dominate his sport … The Armstrong story is either one of remarkable success or an astounding fall from grace or … both. The Fifth Estate: Lance Armstrong: Master of Spin, CBC 2012
In his first four attempts [Tour de France] overall his best results was 36th place. ibid.
EPO: to increase the production of red blood cells which carry oxygen throughout the body. ibid.
Even after cancer Armstrong was still working with the man known as Dr Evil – the Italian physician Dr Michele Ferrari. ibid.
A positive test for EPO should have required a two-year suspension, but those test results weren’t revealed and no action against Lance Armstrong was ever taken. ibid.
[David] Walsh [cycling journalist] set out to prove that the world’s top cyclist, a legend and a leader in the fight against cancer, was not what he appeared to be. ibid.
At least the International Cycling Union took action. ibid.
It’s the hardest sporting event in the world. 180 riders, 20 stages and only 1 gets to wear the yellow jersey. The Program 2015 starring Ben Foster & Chris O’Dowd & Guillaume Canet & Jesse Plemons & Lee Pace & Denis Menochet & Dustin Hoffman & Edward Hogg & Elaine Cassidy & Laura Donnelly et al, director Stephen Frears
I have my interview with Armstrong today. Interesting guy. ibid. journalist David Walsh
It’s cancer. Testicular cancer. Stage 3. ibid. doctor
Did you ever use any drugs? Any performance enhancing drugs? ibid. cancer doctor
Not confined to Earth, now we have learned to fly. ibid. Trainer
He likes to put on a show and that’s what he’s doing today. ibid. Tour de France race commentary
He used to get beaten by climbers easily and today he destroyed them. ibid. David Walsh
The cyclists are too much on the line so none of the riders want to speak. ibid.
He personified how it should look in this floating angelic sense that it was effortless for him … I always felt not worthy to be in his company. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist, Wiggins, Sky Documentaries 2020
Today, I don’t associate cycling with winning. I associate it with terrible, terrible things. ibid. Pantani
It’s the mountains where the pure, raw talent comes out. ibid. Lomond
Whenever he reached a hill he would drop everyone. ibid. Trainer
He was totally massacred, every part of him bruised black. ibid. Giuseppe Roncucci
We don’t want to be treated like animals. ibid. Laurent Jalabert
A confession that doping has been endemic in the Festina team and that the team organised it. ibid. Tour spokesman
In 4k he was able to reclaim 4 minutes off Indurain. It was stunning. ibid. commentator
It wasn’t just a masterclass; it was humiliation of his rivals. All Italy is exalted. ibid.
This morning Marco Pantani gave blood for testing. The Pirate’s red blood cell count was above the permitted 50% threshold. ibid.
Marco was never found positive; it was a test for his health. ibid.
Pantani became obsessed with the idea that a plot had been formulated to entrap him. ibid.
It was scandalous. It wasn’t a doped rider here, a doped rider there, it was culture of doping. ibid. Matt Rendell
At his Centre in Ferrera, Conconi is alleged to have given performance enhancing drugs to 63 athletes. ibid. commentator
Given an entirely clean sport during his era, Pantani would almost certainly still have excelled. ibid.
Aged 34, struggling with depression, he died alone. ibid. TV news