Armstrong' manager quits as dope scandal widens
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October 14, 2012, Sunday
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LANCE Armstrong's former manager, Johan Bruyneel, fell on his sword on Friday as the fallout from the latest revelations about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional cycling intensified.
Armstrong spent the day in hiding, cancelling a scheduled public appearance in Chicago, as lawyers from all sides were sifting through the mountain of allegations and plotting their next moves.
The International Cycling Union said it was still considering whether it would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a ruling by the United States Anti-Doping Agency to ban Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France wins.
Tour de France officials said that if Armstrong's seven victories between 1999 and 2005 were wiped from the record books, it was unlikely anyone else would be promoted as the winner because the period was so tainted by doping.
Bruyneel, Armstrong's team manager during each of his seven wins, left RadioShack Nissan on Friday after being implicated in the scandal.
The Belgian was identified in the USADA report, which was released last Wednesday and included sworn testimonies from 26 people, as one of the ringleaders of an elaborate doping program that took Armstrong to the top of his sport.
Bruyneel, who is contesting his own case with USADA, was a part owner of the RadioShack team but reached a mutual deal prompting him to quit.
Armstrong spent the day in hiding, cancelling a scheduled public appearance in Chicago, as lawyers from all sides were sifting through the mountain of allegations and plotting their next moves.
The International Cycling Union said it was still considering whether it would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a ruling by the United States Anti-Doping Agency to ban Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France wins.
Tour de France officials said that if Armstrong's seven victories between 1999 and 2005 were wiped from the record books, it was unlikely anyone else would be promoted as the winner because the period was so tainted by doping.
Bruyneel, Armstrong's team manager during each of his seven wins, left RadioShack Nissan on Friday after being implicated in the scandal.
The Belgian was identified in the USADA report, which was released last Wednesday and included sworn testimonies from 26 people, as one of the ringleaders of an elaborate doping program that took Armstrong to the top of his sport.
Bruyneel, who is contesting his own case with USADA, was a part owner of the RadioShack team but reached a mutual deal prompting him to quit.
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