S4 Ep44: At Any Cost: The Rise and Fall of Lance Armstrong

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

After recovering from Stage 4 testicular cancer, cyclist Lance Armstrong not only got his health back, but he became one of the sport's highest profile figures, winning seven Tour de France races in a row. While he insisted -- repeatedly and under oath -- that he'd earned those wins without the help of performance-enhancing drugs, one of his past teammates stepped forward to tell a different story.

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0:34.4	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even
0:44.0	earn the label Crime of the Century.
0:48.0	But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:59.5	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.
1:05.4	This is Crimes of the Centuries.
1:25.4	Thank you. of the centuries. It's usually not a crime when our heroes disappoint us.
1:29.5	A shame, for sure, but not a crime.
1:32.5	Except, of course, when it is.
1:35.4	Lance Armstrong, now 53, must surely look back on his prolific cycling career
1:41.2	and wonder if he could have done it differently, or even if he wants to.
1:46.2	Because what he did, athletically and on a world stage from 1991 to 2011, was so absurdly
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