Emma O'Reilly - Whistleblower on doping in cycling
Rob Bonnet talks to Emma O'Reilly, the soigneur whose revelations about doping were pivotal in bringing down Lance Armstrong, seven-times winner of the Tour de France.
Rob Bonnet talks to Emma O'Reilly, who was pivotal in bringing down Lance Armstrong, seven-times winner of the Tour de France.
Hers is a unique view from inside the US Postal cycling team in the late 1990s. She was a soigneur, taking care of all the rider's needs from massages to meals and hotels but when it came to the team's doping programme, cycling's omerta, its culture of silence, held sway. That is until Emma O'Reilly decided to blow the whistle.
She had first-hand knowledge of doping inside US Postal and her public revelations incurred the wrath of Lance Armstrong who at first launched a smear campaign against her. She eventually forgave him, but does he deserve it?
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