Alex Talks to Cycling Whistleblower Jonathan Vaughters

StartUp Podcast

• Episode: Alex Talks to Cycling Whistleblower Jonathan Vaughters
• Website: StartUp Podcast
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• Duration: 00:56:55
• Published: 2019-12-20 12:10

Jonathan Vaughters was a member of the famed USPS pro cycling team when his teammate Lance Armstrong won the first of a record-breaking seven straight Tours de France. While fans were awed and inspired by the victories, Jonathan knew there was something else fueling those wins: performance enhancing drugs — something the entire team was using, including himself. The deception weighed heavy on his conscience, and Jonathan found himself at a crossroads: live with the lie or come clean and become a traitor to his friends, colleagues, and the most powerful man in cycling, Lance Armstrong.