Cyclist Lance Armstrong has seven victories in the toughest Tour de France race, not counting many other races, plus a victory over cancer. His personality served to popularize cycling probably more than anything else. But in January 2013, news feeds exploded with a message: Lance admitted to using doping during racing. A scandal broke out. Lance was stripped of all titles and awards, sponsors broke contracts with him, and yesterday's praise in the media gave way to indignation. Wall Street Journal correspondents Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell conducted an independent investigation. And from the damning facts of the world of professional sports, in which “everything is captured”, a whole book has been formed. It is being published in Russian for the first time.