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>> he called the shots. if youre going to be on the team to win the tour de france, you have to have a certain performance level. and if you dont have that level, youre not going to make the team. its that simple. >> and when people accused him of doping, armstrong demolished them. >> i was a bully in the sense that you just -- that i tried to control the narrative and if i didnt like what somebody said, and for whatever reasons in my own head, whether i viewed that as somebody being disloyal or...

Completely unfounded. lance armstrong is not alone among drug cheats. since 1998, more than a third of the top ten finishers in the tour de france have been linked to doping. but it wasnt until october 2012 that cyclings governing body the uci, took action against armstrong, stripping him of his seven tour de france titles. for years lance armstrongs position was absolutely clear. >> how could it have taken place? >> in 2005 his denials were passionate. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> ...

Few things, about the system of doping, about the system of avoidance and detection. >> details usada says they need to hear before they lift the sporting ban. >> hes an athlete. lifetime. and he wants to continue that. he wants redemption. he wants to come back in the public eye. he wants to do good. >> like the good he did with livestrong, the foundation he started, helped in raising half a billion dollars and now may have fatally wounded. >> theres never been a more convincing denier. theres ...

Organized effort by the u.s. postal service team to dupe the public and fool the authorities. >> youre looking at the bernie madoff of sport. this is the biggest fraud in the history of sport. the biggest. he couldnt have done it alone. >> and a book just out this week adds fuel to that fire, detailing an alleged conspiracy and cover-up throughout every level of the sport. the author spoke to anderson cooper. >> its not just the doping. its all the stuff around the doping. >> the sheer number of...

Found six samples from lance armstrongs 99 tour de france contained epo. but the governing body, the uci, took no action against armstrong. >> rather than open their doors and say lets try and understand whats going on here inside of our sport, they instead as far as i could work out tried to shut the case down. >> should the uci have acted on those results? >> in my view? of course they should have. they had the power to say you doped, youre out. >> on one other occasion the uci chose not to ac...

>> youve never used your own blood for doping purposes, for example? >> absolutely -- that would be banned. >> okay. im not trying to agitate you. im just trying to make sure your testimony is clear. >> okay. >> all right. >> the whole point of blood doping is to increase the number of red cells in your circulation. the blood transfusions have the advantage of not being detectable. even today we dont have a foolproof method of establishing when an athlete has reinfused their own blood. >> so doe...

Lance armstrong was stripped of his titles, high-profile sponsorships, and much of his prize money. he stepped away from his charity livestrong. in 2005, with uncanny foresight, armstrong had predicted what doping could do to his legend and his legacy. >> if you have a doping offense or you test positive, it goes without saying that youre fired from all of your contracts. not just the team, but theres numerous contracts that i have that would all go away. >> sponsorship agreements, for example. ...

If we were going to -- if we were going to be competitive, there was only one road to take. >> was there a discussion about doping in any way with mr. swart? >> the only aspect that is true is that he was on the team. beyond that, not true. >> the doping allegations arose in a case brought by lance armstrong against an insurer based in dallas, texas who provided huge bonuses paid to armstrong for winning the tour de france in successive years. >> these are the checks making the first two payment...

>> since then, armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity, and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the o.w.n. network -- >> they are my mistake. im sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation. and rewrite his story. >> you win the tour de france seven times. you have a happy marriage. you have children. i mean, its just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasnt true. ...

Just in the box that it came in. you know, i was surprised it was right there kind of out in the open. >> french police began investigations into festina after banned drugs including steroids were found in one of the team cars on july 8th. festinas doctor eric reichart was questioned under the anti-drug act. >> as the 1998 tour de france got underway, the lid was broken off systematic doping in the peloton. >> it was pretty clear it was a major problem. the french police are arresting team membe...