Hello, Elle!
Yes, Jiminez was seen as the successor to Miguel Indurain but was nowhere near good enough to be compared to Big Mig.
I do not think he was ever normal but the drugs made him worse.
It was a great waste and very sad.
Same with Pantani.
He died alone in a hotel room. Cocaine everywhere.
What comes through in the book, however, is the strength of the women involved. Emma herself, Kathy LeMond, and Betsy Andreu.
Betsy was the main whistleblower and Armstrong, according to those in the know, was too cowardly to meet her and apologise to her.
Betsy is not to be messed with.
Her husband, Frankie, was often road captain for the US Posties when Armstrong was winning his Tours.
He blew the whistle, too.
There is tennis on BT Sport this evening, from Bogota, I think?