Lance , the next ESPN documentary dedicated to Lance Armstrong and which will be broadcast on May 25 and June 1, is already making a lot of noise. Fallen from his 7 titles on the Grande Boucle, the "icon" notably confided that he had started to dope " probably at 21 ", that is to say from his first season with the pros and therefore a year before his world title. "Nobody ever told me" Don't ask a question, we'll give you that and that's it. " I would never have accepted that. I inquired, it was my approach, "said Armstrong. The American who made the law on professional cycling in the 2000s, won seven consecutive editions of the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005.
"Growth hormones have a growth promoting effect on certain types of cells."
Lance ArmstrongThe American does not rule out that this early use of doping could have had an influence on the appearance of his testicular cancer, detected and treated in 1996. "Did I get sick because of the use of doping substances? I cannot assure you that this is not the case (…) Growth hormones have a growth promoting effect on certain types of cells and are used to promote good things, but wouldn't it make sense that if these cells had something bad, would they also develop? ”
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