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coke can, crush it, give it to a team doctor to dispose. but it didn t all go to plan. lance armstrong was tested for drugs during the tour. and one of his samples revealed a significant level of a banned cortico steroid. emma s duties included to giving armstrong a massage after his rides. during one of these massages, she says an urgent discussion took place between armstrong and the team s management. the conversation was what are we going to do, here s a problem, we need a solution and how do we act upon the solution. and are we happy with the solution. so the problem was lance had tested high in the cortisone. the solution was prescription. what was the prescription for, why was he taking it?
armstrong was part of an organized effort by the u.s. postal team to dupe the public and fool authorities. you re looking at the bernie madoff of sport. this is the biggest fraud in the history of sport. the biggest. he couldn t have done it alone. and a book just out this week adds fuel to that fire. detailing an alleged conspiracy and coverup throughout every level of the sport. the author spoke to anderson cooper. it s not just the doping. it s all the stuff around the doping. the sheer number of people who had an interest in protecting sort of lance incorporate rated as you worded it. we view this about a business, enterprise essentially. and cheating was at the heart of it. the book claims that rock star sheryl crowe, then armstro armstrong s partner, also knew of his drug abuse. you feel like your spouses,
to be a good tour rider, you have to be a good mountain climber. and he wasn t particularly strong in those two areas. to me he didn t have what it took in those early years. lance armstrong was then with the american motorola team. so, too, was new zealander steven swart. steven swart said that in 1995 when phil anderson had left the team, the riders complained that their european opponents were doping. did you talk with lance armstrong about the need to start using epo to be competitive? we had a discussion about it, yeah. what did mr. armstrong say? he said if we re going to do the tour, we ve got to perform. we need the results. what did that mean? i think he just didn t