US cyclists on Tour caught up in Armstrong case
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July 7, 2012, Saturday
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FORMER teammates of Lance Armstrong, who has been charged with doping offences, have played down a report claiming they testified against the seven-time Tour de France champion and would receive six-month bans after admitting doping.
According to a report in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Americans George Hincapie (BMC), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma), Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie (both Garmin) have confessed to doping. The report added that they testified against Armstrong and would receive bans of six months beginning at the end of the season.
The New York Times later reported the same four riders would testify against Armstrong, citing two unnamed sources close to the investigation.
All four riders are currently taking part in the Tour de France, and are said to have given evidence in the US Anti-Doping Agency investigation which has charged former US Postal team leader Armstrong with doping. Armstrong, 40, has always insisted he is innocent, saying he has passed more than 500 drugs tests. Reacting to this latest twist he wrote on his Twitter page: "This isn't about @usantidoping wanting to clean up cycling - rather it's just plain ol' selective prosecution that reeks of vendetta."
According to a report in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Americans George Hincapie (BMC), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma), Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie (both Garmin) have confessed to doping. The report added that they testified against Armstrong and would receive bans of six months beginning at the end of the season.
The New York Times later reported the same four riders would testify against Armstrong, citing two unnamed sources close to the investigation.
All four riders are currently taking part in the Tour de France, and are said to have given evidence in the US Anti-Doping Agency investigation which has charged former US Postal team leader Armstrong with doping. Armstrong, 40, has always insisted he is innocent, saying he has passed more than 500 drugs tests. Reacting to this latest twist he wrote on his Twitter page: "This isn't about @usantidoping wanting to clean up cycling - rather it's just plain ol' selective prosecution that reeks of vendetta."
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