Many of the incidents and allegations in the book were later featured in the USADA 2012 report on the US Postal Service cycling team,[1][2] which led to Armstrong being stripped of most of his titles by the UCI.

[5] Walsh claims that what first raised doubts in his mind about Armstrong was his bullying of Christophe Bassons at the 1999 Tour de France.

[12] Armstrong said the following at a news conference in 2004 regarding the suits:[9] ... we can't really tolerate it anymore, and we're sick and tired of the allegations ... We'll do everything we can to fight them.

[13][14] Armstrong then sued the UK newspaper The Sunday Times under English libel law because it published an article referencing the book.

[16] When Bob Hamman, president of Dallas insurer SCA Promotions, read the book, he announced that his company would not pay $5 million promised to Armstrong for winning his sixth tour until he investigated the allegations.

Armstrong reached an out-of-court settlement for a large sum of money with The Sunday Times, which issued an apologetic statement.

While Hamman realized he would likely lose, he believed that the testimony would provide strong circumstantial evidence that Armstrong had indeed doped—strong enough that sporting authorities would be forced to launch an investigation of their own.

His hunch was right; officials from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) asked to review the evidence Hamman had gleaned.

[22] On October 22, 2012, after the UCI accepted USADA's report, SCA announced it would attempt to recover the money it lost in its arbitration settlement with Armstrong.