The Race To Truth: Blowing The Whistle On Lance Armstrong And Cycling’s Doping Culture

Emma O’Reilly knows better than most that it takes a lot of guts to tell the truth. As the soigneur (assistant) to Lance Armstrong and his US Postal cycling team, O’Reilly paid for speaking out about the Tour de France winner’s use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, by spending many years locked in a bitter public battle with Armstrong.

Denounced as an ’alcoholic’ and a ’whore’ by Armstrong for giving an interview to David Walsh for his book about cycling’s doping culture, O’Reilly faced personal and financial ruin.