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This documentary, set in 2012 tells the story of professional cyclist Levi Leipheimer, the ripple effect the bicycle had on his life, the people around him, and discusses his admission of doping as part of the USADA Doping Scandal that rocked the world of professional road cycling in the United States. This is a story about a kid who fell in love with the bicycle at a young age, and the unlikely path it would lead him down. Featuring: Levi Leipheimer, Patrick Dempsey, Andy Schleck, Tommy Danielson, Paul Sherwin, Phil Liggett, Andrew Messick, Jonathan Vaughters, Chris Horner, and others in the circle of professional bike racing at the time.
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In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.