Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tukuna e te toa Tour de France a Stephen Roche tana tautoko ki a Geoff Thomas, e kii ana kia kaua te pahikara e whakahe ki a Lance Armstrong ki te hono atu ki te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Ingarangi i Parani i tenei raumati ki te kohi moni mo te whawhai ki te mate pukupuku. E whakapono ana a Roche, te toa o te 1987 Tour i mate tana ake tama ki te mate pukupuku, ko te uru atu o Armstrong ki te kaupapa o Thomas "Le Tour - One Day Ahead" ka awhina noa ki te whakanui ake i te mohio me te moni mo te take. Ko Thomas rāua ko Armstrong i whakakotahitia e te mea he hunga ora i te mate pukupuku, engari ko etahi o nga rangatira o te pahikara - ko te perehitini o UCI a Brian Cookson me te rangatira o Team Sky a Sir Dave Brailsford - i whakahe ki te hokinga mai o te Amerikana tautohetohe ki nga rori French. E hiahia ana a Lance Armstrong, nāna i whakakore i ōna taitara e whitu o Le Tour, kia hoki ki te mahi ki te whawhai i te mate pukupuku. Ko te toa o mua o Tour de France a Stephen Roche, i whakaahuahia me te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua me te kaiwhakahaere atawhai a Geoff Thomas, e tautoko ana i te hokinga mai o Armstrong ki te kohi moni me te mohio ki te mate. Kua whakaritea a Armstrong hei wāhanga o tētahi kapa paihikara e piki ana i te ara i te rā i mua i te tīmatanga o te Tour de France. I whakapuakina e te kaieke pahikara o Amerika nga taipitopito o tana taupatupatu taupatupatu i roto i te uiuinga a Oprah Winfrey. I kii te hoa kapa o Lance Armstrong o mua a Jonathan Vaughters ka tautoko ia i te mahere a te kaieke pahikara kua whakangaromia ki te eke i tetahi waahanga o te ara Tour de France i tenei raumati mena na nga take "kore-whaiaro". Ko Vaughters, i eke tahi me Armstrong i te roopu US Postal Service i te tau 1998 me te 1999, heoi i tupato ia mo ana kaupapa mo te whakaae ki te tono mai i te hoa mate pukupuku a Geoff Thomas kia uru atu ki a ia i roto i te haerenga atawhai. <unk>E tūmanako ana ahau he tino pai ōna take mō te hiahia ki te mahi i tērā. Kāore au i te mōhio he aha ōna hihiri. Mēnā he tūponotanga, he uaua ki te whakahe i tētahi mea tūponotanga, puta noa i te papa. Mēnā he wāhanga o tētahi rautaki arumoni nui ake, rautaki ture rānei, ka whakaaro ahau he tinihanga tērā.<unk> Ko Vaughters, e korero ana i te huihuinga anti-doping UK, i kii ko te aukati a Armstrong mo te ao katoa mai i te whakataetae ehara ko te huarahi anake i whiua ai ia. Ko tētahi o...
Kua whakaritea a Lance Armstrong ki te eke i te Tour de France ki te kohi moni mo te kaupapa aroha mo te mate pukupuku i whakahaerehia e te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua a Geoff Thomas. Kua tautoko te toa o mua a Stephen Roche i te hokinga mai o te kaieke pahikara i whakamātia e te taupatupatu tarukino. Ko te tumuaki o UCI a Brian Cookson me te rangatira o Team Sky a Sir Dave Brailsford kua whakahe ki te hokinga mai o te kaieke.