Lance Armstrong He was the star of one of the most memorable doping scandals in the world of cycling. In a 2013 interview admitted the use of all types of prohibited substances in the mid-1990s, so recognize that He won seven Tours de France he had them doped.
Following these statements, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, with the ratification of the International Cycling Union, He suspended her for life, stripping her of all her achievements achieved during the said period including bronze medal of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Now, several years later, his name has appeared in the media again, but this time for a positive reason. And he is also a former runner Bradley Wigginson the podcast The High Performance, revealed the role Armstrong had in his life.
Since ending his racing career in 2016, Wiggins has suffered greatly economic problems as well mental disorders. Despite everything, he managed to pull himself together and now it is confirmed that he is in “the best moment” at 44 years old.
For this recovery, Lance Armstrong became to an important figure having “been of great help to him over the years, especially of late.” According to Wiggins, the American told him about “some therapies” and even I want to pay him one of them. However, the British rejected it.
“Lance is willing to finance it for me. He is a good person” he explained. Despite Armstrong’s help, Wiggins assured that “it’s clear I didn’t like what he did “when i was a cyclist” but he stresses that apart from having an “ego the size of a house” “has a heart too”.
Source: La Verdad
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