L. A. Confidentiel
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L. A. Confidentiel : Les secrets de Lance Armstrong (L. A. Confidential : Lance Armstrong's Secrets) is a book by sports journalists David Walsh, of the Sunday Times, and Pierre Ballester. It was published in 2004 and was awarded the Prix Gondecourt.
The book contains circumstantial evidence of cyclist Lance Armstrong's having used performance enhancing drugs, including statements from a number of former associates of Armstrong's including his former masseuse, Emma O'Reilly. Armstrong vigorously contests the claims and lodged a lawsuit to insert a denial into the book itself, but this was rejected. [1] Cases for defamation were lodged against Walsh and Ballester but were dropped in 2006.[2].
Walsh wrote about the book in the Sunday Times in terms which conveyed the impression that Armstrong was guilty of doping. Armstrong successfully sued the Sunday Times for libel.[3] The Sunday Times issued an apology.
The book has only been published in french so far, but several translated excerpts exist on the Internet. As of November 2006 the first 150 pages, in english, is floating around on online cyclingforums etc.
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- L.A. Officiel (2006)
- L.A. Confidentiel - Les secrets de Lance Armstrong (2004). ISBN 2-7578-0027-2
