When Emma O'Reilly joined the US Postal cycling team in 1996, she could have had
no idea how she would become a central figure in the biggest doping scandal in
sporting history. Yet when Lance Armstrong, starting his comeback from cancer, s
igned for US Postal, it was Emma, the only woman on the team, who became his per
sonal soigneur. This is the definitive inside story of that time, and of the eno
rmous repercussions that resonate to this day for Emma, Lance and the whole spor
t.
Emma had the strength to break cycling's omerta by speaking out against th
e culture of doping. She thought she would be one of many whistleblowers, doing
what she believed was right. Isolated and shunned by the sport she loved, howeve
r, her reputation was systematically destroyed.
