Lance Armstrong: The flawed fairytale
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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In October 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was banned from the sport for life and stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles after anti-doping authorities branded him a drug cheat. 10 years on we look back at one of the biggest sporting falls from grace with the journalist who spent years questioning Armstrong’s integrity.
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| 1:15.3 | 10 years after Armstrong went down. |
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