Pierre Ballester (1959) is a French sports journalist. He has written extensively about doping in cycling.
Career
He was a correspondent in London for
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.
With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 c ...
, ''Sport'', and ''
L'Equipe''.
[
Ballester co-wrote '' L.A. Confidentiel'' with David Walsh. It was published in 2004 by La Martinière. The book resulted in a number of lawsuits by ]Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...
's lawyers in France and England.[
He also co-wrote ''Le Sale Tour'' (a pun in French : literally « the dirty tour », for ]Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
, double entending « dirty trick lso 'tour' in french» ) with Walsh, about Armstrong's "comeback" in the 2009-2010 period.[
]
Bibliography
* ''Le sale Tour'', with David Walsh - Seuil
Seuil () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 447 communes of the Ardennes department of France
France, officially ...
- 2009 -
* ''Tempêtes sur le Tour'' - Éditions du Rocher - 2008 -
* ''L.A. Officiel co-écrit avec David Walsh - Éditions de La Martinière - 2006 -
* ''La France du rugby'' - Éditions Panama - 2006 -
* '' L.A. Confidentiel - Les secrets de Lance Armstrong'' co-écrit avec David Walsh - Points - 2004 -
References
1959 births
Living people
French sports journalists
Cycling journalists
Cycling writers
French male non-fiction writers
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