Other cyclists say Lance Armstrong was doping
Published On Thu Aug 5 2010
Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the Tour de France ended last month.
They questioned many of his former associates – including cyclists who have supported and further detailed claims that Armstrong and his former U.S. Postal Service team participated in systematic doping, according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two others privy to the inquiry.
In May, Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis shocked the cycling world by publicly accusing Armstrong and other team members of using performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to gain an unfair advantage. Landis said that Armstrong – the biggest name in the sport – had encouraged the doping and that the team had sold its bikes to help finance an expensive doping program.
Armstrong has denied any wrongdoing and has said that Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping and recently completed a two-year ban from the sport, had no credibility
Published On Thu Aug 5 2010
Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the Tour de France ended last month.
They questioned many of his former associates – including cyclists who have supported and further detailed claims that Armstrong and his former U.S. Postal Service team participated in systematic doping, according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two others privy to the inquiry.
In May, Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis shocked the cycling world by publicly accusing Armstrong and other team members of using performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to gain an unfair advantage. Landis said that Armstrong – the biggest name in the sport – had encouraged the doping and that the team had sold its bikes to help finance an expensive doping program.
Armstrong has denied any wrongdoing and has said that Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping and recently completed a two-year ban from the sport, had no credibility
