Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua korerotia ki a Lance Armstrong he "kore whakaute" ki te eke i tetahi waahanga o te ara Tour de France i tenei raumati e te upoko o te pahikara o te ao. E ai ki te Mail on Sunday, kua whakaae a Armstrong ki te tono a te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Ingarangi o mua, a Geoff Thomas ano hoki i ora i te mate pukupuku kia uru atu ki a ia ki te kohi moni i tenei raumati ki te whawhai ki te mate whakamate. Ka eke a Thomas me tētahi kapa paihikara ki te ara o te Hīkoi kotahi rā i mua i te rōpū ngaio, ā, i haere ia ki Austin i te marama kua hipa ki te akiaki i te Amerikana tautohetohe ki te tautoko i te kaupapa mō ngā wāhanga e rua. Engari kua wehewehea te whakaaro i roto i te pahikara, me te whakaaro a Sir Dave Brailsford e kii ana kua nui rawa te kino o Armstrong me te perehitini o UCI a Brian Cookson e akiaki ana i te tangata i whakakorea i ana taitara e whitu o te Tour mo te doping kia noho atu i France i tenei raumati. Ka uru atu a Lance Armstrong (māui) ki te hīkoi aroha a Geoff Thomas, Cure Leukemia o te akoranga Tour de France. Kua hoki mai a Lance Armstrong ki te porowhita Tour de France i a Geoff Thomas e whakatenatena ana i te toa o mua kia eke ki mua i te roopu mo te aroha ki te mate pukupuku. I a ia e korero ana i tētahi huihuinga i Rānana i te Rātū, ka mea a Cookson kia kaua a Armstrong e whai wāhi ki te kaupapa e tūmanako ana ki te kohi £1 miriona mō te mate pukupuku toto. "Kei te tino mohio ahau he pai nga whakaaro o Geoff Thomas, engari ko te mea pono ki taku whakaaro he tino kore, he whakahawea ki te Tour, he whakahawea ki nga kaieke o naianei, he whakahawea ki te UCI me te hapori anti-doping", e kii ana a Cookson. <unk> Ki taku whakaaro he pai te whakaaro o Lance kia kaua e uru atu ki tērā.<unk> He wiki noa iho i muri i te pūrongo a te CIRC ki te hākinakina hākinakina <unk> i whakahaua e Cookson <unk> i whakaatu mai ko te whakamahinga o ngā matū rāhuitia he raruraru nui tonu i roto i te hākinakina, tērā pea ka pātai ētahi mēnā me āwangawanga te eke paihikara ngaio ki te eke paihikara atawhai. E hiahia ana te kaieke whakahawea, nāna i whakakore i ōna taitara e whitu o Le Tour, kia hoki ki te mahi ki te whawhai i te mate pukupuku. Kua whakaritea a Thomas ki te kawe i tētahi hīkoi aroha. Kei reira nga kaitohutohu i whiua e rere ana i tenei wa i te Tour pro...
Ka eke a Lance Armstrong i te ara o te ra kotahi o te Tour de France mō te tiamana. I tonoa a Armstrong e te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua a Geoff Thomas kia uru atu. Kāore te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae paihikara a Brian Cookson i te whakapono me whai wāhi atu a Armstrong.