Norway’s retired world champion cyclist Thor Hushovd has revealed in his autobiography "Thor" that he knew about doping of Lance Armstrong in 2011. Hushovd said Armstrong himself told him that he made use of banned products during his career.
2. Norway’s retired world champion cyclist Thor Hushovd
has revealed in his autobiography "Thor" that he knew
about doping of Lance Armstrong in 2011. Hushovd said
Armstrong himself told him that he made use of banned
products during his career.
Thor Hushovd was friends with the American cyclist for
many years and appeared critical of the doping
investigation against Lance Armstrong at times. Hushovd
won the World Road Race Championship in 2010 and
three National Road Trial Championships (2002, 2004, and
2005). In a 15 year professional career, Hushovd also won
10 individual stages of the Tour de France throughout his
career.
3. Hushovd revealed he was invited by Armstrong to
Hollywood after the 2011 Tour of California. A few weeks
back, Armstrong's former US Postal Service teammate
Tyler Hamilton had accused Armstrong of doping and
Hushovd said Armstrong spontaneously admitted it to
him that we all indulge in doping.
Hushovd became publicly critical of Lance Armstrong
when the American cyclist admitted to using banned
performance enhancing drugs and techniques such as
testosterone, cortisone, and blood doping during a
televised interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013.