Soo koob maqaalka:  Guusha Tour de France Stephen Roche wuxuu taageero u fidiyay Geoff Thomas, isagoo ku dooday in baaskiilku uusan diidin Lance Armstrong inuu ku biiro laacibkii hore ee kubadda cagta England ee Faransiiska xagaagan si uu lacag ugu ururiyo la dagaalanka kansarka. Roche, oo ku guuleystay Tour 1987 oo wiilkiisa uu u dhintay cudurka Leukemia, wuxuu aaminsan yahay in ku lug lahaanshaha Armstrong ee Thomas "Le Tour - One Day Ahead" dhacdada kaliya waxay gacan ka geysan doontaa kor u qaadista wacyiga iyo lacag loogu talagalay sababta. Thomas iyo Armstrong waxay ku midoobeen inay labaduba yihiin kuwo ka badbaaday kansarka laakiin qaar ka mid ah shaqsiyaadka sare ee baaskiilka - madaxweynaha UCI Brian Cookson iyo madaxa Team Sky Sir Dave Brailsford - ayaa ka soo horjeestay muranka ka taagan Mareykanka ee ku soo laabanaya waddooyinka Faransiiska. Lance Armstrong, oo laga qaaday toddobadiisii horyaal ee Le Tour, wuxuu doonayaa inuu ku soo laabto shaqada la dagaalanka kansarka. Horyaalkii hore ee Tour de France Stephen Roche, oo la sawiray ciyaaryahankii hore ee kubadda cagta iyo qabanqaabiyaha samafalka Geoff Thomas, ayaa taageeraya soo noqoshada Armstrong si loo ururiyo lacag iyo wacyi gelinta cudurka. Armstrong ayaa lagu wadaa in uu qeyb ka noqdo kooxda baaskiilayaasha ah ee kor u qaadaya wadada maalin ka hor inta uusan bilaaban tartanka Tour de France. Orodyahanka Mareykanka ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiyay fadeexaddii doping-ka ee wareysi uu la yeeshay Oprah Winfrey oo martigelisa barnaamijka wada sheekaysiga. Lance Armstrong oo horey kooxda ula soo shaqeeyay Jonathan Vaughters ayaa sheegay inuu taageeri doono qorshaha baaskiilka ee lagu ceebeeyay inuu qayb ka noqdo wadada Tour de France xagaagan haddii ay tahay "sababaha samafalka". Vaughters, oo la safray Armstrong kooxda Adeegga Boostada Mareykanka 1998 iyo 1999, si kastaba ha noqotee wuxuu ka warqabay ujeedooyinkiisa aqbalaadda martiqaad uu ka helay kansarka ka badbaaday Geoff Thomas si uu ugu biiro safar samafal ah. Waxaan si daacad ah u rajeynayaa in sababaha uu u doonayo inuu sidaas sameeyo ay yihiin kuwa aan dan ka lahayn. Wax fikrad ah kama haysto waxa uu ku qasban yahay. hadii ay tahay arin aan fiicnayn markaa waa adagtahay in la canbaareeyo arin kasta oo aan fiicnayn, dhan kasta. Hadii ay qeyb ka tahay istaraatiijiyad ganacsi oo weyn ama istaraatiijiyad sharci, markaa waxaan dareemayaa in taasi ay tahay mid aan daacad ahayn. Vaughters, oo ka hadlayey shir ka dhan ah isticmaalka daroogada ee UK, ayaa sheegay in Armstrong mamnuucidda nolosha ee tartanka aysan ahayn habka kaliya ee lagu ciqaabay. Mid ka mid ah...
Lance Armstrong ayaa lagu wadaa in uu ku tartamo tartanka Tour de France si uu lacag ugu ururiyo hay'ad samafal oo uu maamulo ciyaaryahankii hore ee kubada cagta Geoff Thomas. Horyaalkii hore ee Stephen Roche ayaa taageeray soo laabashada baaskiil yahankii lagu ceebeeyay fadeexad daroogada. Madaxweynaha UCI Brian Cookson iyo madaxa Team Sky Sir Dave Brailsford ayaa ka soo horjeestay soo noqoshada xiddiga.