L. A. Confidentiel
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| Author(s) | David Walsh Pierre Ballester |
| Original title | L. A. Confidentiel: Les secrets de Lance Armstrong |
| Subject(s) | Lance Armstrong |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 373 |
| ISBN | ISBN 9782757800270 |
| OCLC Number | 470535002 |
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.
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 denies the claims and lodged a lawsuit to insert a denial into the book itself, which 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 subsequently won a settlement and an apology from The Sunday Times after he sued it for libel.[3]
The book has only been published in French.
Walsh's latest books dealing with Armstrong are: L.A. Officiel (19 October 2006)[4] and From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France (June 26, 2007).[5]
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[edit] Publication details
- L.A. Confidentiel - Les secrets de Lance Armstrong (2004) ISBN 2-7578-0027-2
- L.A. Officiel (2006) ISBN 978-2846752046
- From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France (2007) ISBN 978-0345499622
