The Program Page #3

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This is science, at last.

So, some athletes get better,

some of them much better,

but after a while I thought that

we had exhausted the science,

that there were no more great leaps

to be made.

And then, I tell you, Lance...

it was like a vision,

a heavenly vision.

When God spoke to Paul.

That is how it felt to me.

Lacrima Christi.

(narrator) Kidneys produce

a substance called Erythropoietin

which stimulates production

of red cells

which, in turn, make maximum use

of the available oxygen.

Excuse me.

Can I ask if any assessment has been

made of the effect of this drug

on healthy individuals?

Healthy individuals?

Athletes, for example.

No, I don't think it has.

Not that I'm aware of.

Of course, if the drug were taken

in an unregulated fashion

without adequate monitoring,

one can see a certain risk.

But under more controlled circumstances

there could be an increase in V02 max on

5 millilitres per kilogram per minute.

That should equate to a corresponding

improvement in athletic performance.

- Doctor...

- Yes.

I think it would be unethical.

Would it?

No longer were we confined

to the limits of physiology.

Now we could alter physiology.

No longer confined to Earth...

now we had learned to fly.

Mr Pharmacist

Can you help me out today

In your usual lovely way?

Dear Pharmacist, won't you please

Give me some energy?

Mr Pharmacist, Mr Pharmacist

(man speaks French)

Would you look at this?

(reporter) The Festina team are

embroiled in the biggest drug scandal

ever to hit the Tour de France.

Their trainer was found

with a suitcase full of steroids.

The team's director admits doping

was supervised to avoid uncontrolled...

It is so unnecessary.

This doesn't need to happen.

These people are amateurs.

The scandal has brought the Tour

and French pride to its knees.

(man speaks French)

(laughs hoarsely)

What a little girl.

(footsteps approach)

- Johan.

- Hey, Lance.

Thanks for coming.

Looking good.

Yeah, you as well.

A little beefy, maybe.

Well, for the first time in my life,

I can eat whatever I like, so f*** you.

You had a tough time, huh?

But you're OK now, right?

Yeah, I'm good.

- I'm ready to race, man.

- So what's the problem?

Let's Play-

Ah!

Everything was perfect.

New team. New sponsor. New agent.

Excuse me. Lance. Bill Stapleton.

- Attorney?

- What I'm interested in

is helping athletes get the highest

possible return for work.

- You're an agent?

- Yeah.

We go in hard.

Say, "OK, boys, Olympics in two years."

"You wanna sponsor Lance,

you make a commitment

to pay him a million bucks

if he wins gold."

You're not asking them for money,

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