Bruyneel proclaims innocence
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June 17, 2012, Sunday
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JOHAN Bruyneel, the manager behind Lance Armstrong's seven consecutive Tour de France victories, is denying accusations from United States officials that he helped run a doping operation for the cyclist's teams.
"I have never participated in any doping activity and I am innocent of all charges," said Bruyneel, a Belgian who is currently manager of the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team.
In a statement posted on Friday on his website and Twitter, Bruyneel also noted that federal prosecutors closed a nearly two-year criminal investigation into allegations of doping by Armstrong and his teams without filing any charges.
"It cannot be right that I or anyone else can be pursued from court to court simply because our accusers do not like the decisions made along the way and so attempt to find a court which will get them the result they want," Bruyneel said. "I shall of course cooperate fully with the investigation, although I have no doubt the end result will be the same as all the other investigations."
The US Anti-Doping Agency this week accused Armstrong, Bruyneel and several other associates of being involved in a long-standing doping conspiracy that supplied the champion cyclist's teams.
USADA is accusing Bruyneel of giving riders or encouraging them to use banned performance-enhancing substances, including the blood-booster EPO, blood transfusions, steroids, human growth hormone and masking agents from 1999-2007.
"I have never participated in any doping activity and I am innocent of all charges," said Bruyneel, a Belgian who is currently manager of the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team.
In a statement posted on Friday on his website and Twitter, Bruyneel also noted that federal prosecutors closed a nearly two-year criminal investigation into allegations of doping by Armstrong and his teams without filing any charges.
"It cannot be right that I or anyone else can be pursued from court to court simply because our accusers do not like the decisions made along the way and so attempt to find a court which will get them the result they want," Bruyneel said. "I shall of course cooperate fully with the investigation, although I have no doubt the end result will be the same as all the other investigations."
The US Anti-Doping Agency this week accused Armstrong, Bruyneel and several other associates of being involved in a long-standing doping conspiracy that supplied the champion cyclist's teams.
USADA is accusing Bruyneel of giving riders or encouraging them to use banned performance-enhancing substances, including the blood-booster EPO, blood transfusions, steroids, human growth hormone and masking agents from 1999-2007.
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