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, ''Sport'', and '' L'Equipe''. Ballester co-wrote ''

L.A. Confidentiel ''L.A. Confidentiel: Les secrets de Lance Armstrong'' (''L.A. Confidential: Lance Armstrong's Secrets'') is a book by sports journalist Pierre Ballester and ''The Sunday Times'' sports correspondent David Walsh. The book contains circumstantial ...

'' 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 racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005 after recovering ...

'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 bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

, 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 - 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 - * ''

- Les secrets de Lance Armstrong'' co-écrit avec David Walsh - Points - 2004 -

References

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