Cycling: Lance Armstrong on doping charges
Lance Armstrong has faced increased speculation about his tour victories. Picture: Reuters
THE US Anti-Doping Agency has filed formal charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing the seven-time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout the best years of his career.
The agency notified Armstrong, former team manager Johan Bruyneel and several other Armstrong team associates of the charges in a letter on Thursday.
The charges came after a USADA review panel examined evidence in the case, which now goes to an arbitration panel to decide. If found guilty, Armstrong, pictured below, could be stripped of the Tour de France titles he won from 1999-2005.
Armstrong maintains his innocence. His attorney Robert Luskin called the charges “wrong and baseless”.
Also charged are team doctors Pedro Celaya Lezama and Luis Garcia del Moral; team trainer Pepe Marti, and consulting doctor Michele Ferrari. Because they are so closely linked, USADA rolled all of the charges into a single case. Armstrong and the others charged have until 9 July to inform USADA if they plan to challenge the evidence before an arbitration panel.
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