A new book on Lance Armstrong's doping conspiracy says that
singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow told federal investigators in 2011 about her ex's
blood transfusions in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa
O'Connell write in Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France and theGreatest Sports Conspiracy Ever, that while Armstrong and Crow were dating in
the mid-2000s, she went with the cyclist to Belgium in 2004 for him to get a
blood transfusion, done to help increase the number of red blood cells in his
body.
Armstrong engaged in both transfusions and doping, both are
which are illegal in cycling, often at the same time. The New York Daily News
reports that the authors wrote, "Rather than try to hide the transfusion
from her, Armstrong was completely open about it. He trusted that Crow would
have no desire to tell the press or anyone else about the team's doping
program.
He explained that it was simply part of the sport, that all
cyclists were doing the same thing." The role of Armstrong's closest
friends and supporters in helping perpetuate his doping conspiracy is one of
the central themes of Wheelmen, which is due out next week.
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