Armstrong dope row biggest in sport: USADA
11 Oct 2012 8:40 AM IST
‘Overwhelming’ evidence shows Lance Armstrong engaged in the biggest doping conspiracy in sports history to win the Tour de France seven times, the US Anti-Doping Agency [USADA] said on Wednesday.
USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said USADA has submitted a report on why it banned Armstrong for life in August to the International Cycling Union [UCI] and WADA and released more than 1,000 pages of supporting evidence gathered in a probe of Armstrong and the US Postal Service team.
‘The evidence of the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team-run scheme is overwhelming. The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen,’ Tygart said
That includes testimony from 26 people, 15 of them with knowledge of US Postal riders and doping activities, including George Hincapie, who admitted in a statement on Wednesday that he took performance-enhancing drugs. Other former Armstrong teammates who testified include Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie.
USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said USADA has submitted a report on why it banned Armstrong for life in August to the International Cycling Union [UCI] and WADA and released more than 1,000 pages of supporting evidence gathered in a probe of Armstrong and the US Postal Service team.
‘The evidence of the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team-run scheme is overwhelming. The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen,’ Tygart said
That includes testimony from 26 people, 15 of them with knowledge of US Postal riders and doping activities, including George Hincapie, who admitted in a statement on Wednesday that he took performance-enhancing drugs. Other former Armstrong teammates who testified include Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie.
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