Pierre Ballester (1959) is a French sports journalist. He has written extensively about doping in cycling.
Career
He was a correspondent in London for Agence France-Presse, Sport, and L'Equipe.
Ballester co-wrote L.A. Confidentiel with David Walsh. It was published in 2004 by La Martinière. The book resulted in a number of lawsuits by Lance Armstrong's lawyers in France and England.
He also co-wrote Le Sale Tour (a pun in French : literally « the dirty tour », for Tour de France, double entending « dirty trick [also 'tour' in french] » ) with Walsh, about Armstrong's "comeback" in the 2009-2010 period.
Bibliography Le sale Tour, with David Walsh - Seuil - 2009 - Tempêtes sur le Tour - Éditions du Rocher - 2008 - L.A. Officiel''' co-écrit avec David Walsh - Éditions de La Martinière - 2006 - La France du rugby - Éditions Panama - 2006 - L.A. Confidentiel - Les secrets de Lance Armstrong'' co-écrit avec David Walsh - Points - 2004 -
References
Please see the L.A. Confidentiel article for more info
L'affaire de dopage Lance Armstrong est loin d'être terminée, Anthony Fillet, L'Express, publié le 24/08/2012, retr 2012 10 22
Armstrong comeback "a masquerade"?, Cyclingnews, June 4, 2009, retr 2012 10 22