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Agency: Lance Armstrong was at center of sophisticated doping program The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released details Wednesday of its investigation of Lance Armstrong, calling it the most sophisticated doping program in recent sports history — a program in which it said Armstrong played a key role by doping, supplying doping products and demanding that his top teammates dope so he could be successful. A 202-page account of the agency’s case against Armstrong included sworn testimony from 26 people, including nearly a dozen former teammates on Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service and Discovery Channel squads who said they saw Armstrong doping to help him win every one of his record seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong did not fight the USADA charges, but he insists he never cheated. Timothy Herman, one of Armstrong’s lawyers, said in an email that the report “will be a one-sided hatchet job — a taxpayer-funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on ax-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat-induced stories.” The file was the most extensive layout of Armstrong’s alleged doping, bolstered by new interviews, financial statements and laboratory results. The agency said witnesses’ testimony was so damning that it did not need any corroborating evidence to make its case, though its report included financial payments, email messages, laboratory results and scientific data that the agency said proved Armstrong cheated by using banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions. “The USPS Team doping conspiracy was professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair competitive advantage through superior doping practices,” the agency said. “A program organized by individuals who thought they were above the rules and who still play a major and active role in sport today.” The teammates who came forward and submitted sworn affidavits included some of the best cyclists of Armstrong’s generation: Levi Leipheimer, Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie, one of the most respected U.S. riders in recent history. Other teammates who came forward with information were Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Floyd Landis, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie. Their testimony was the most widespread effort to break the code of silence in cycling that has existed for decades and perpetuated the pervasive doping in the sport. The agency said the evidence reveals “conclusive and undeniable proof that brings to the light of day for the first time this systemic, sustained and highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy.” The evidence against Armstrong, who was raised in Plano, features financial payments, emails, scientific analyses and laboratory test results that show Armstrong doped and was the kingpin of the doping conspiracy, the agency said. Several years of Armstrong’s blood values showed evidence of doping, the report said. “It’s shocking, it’s disappointing,” said Travis Tygart, chief executive of the anti-doping agency. “But we did our job.” When Armstrong decided in August not to contest USADA’s charges, he agreed to forgo an arbitration hearing at which the evidence against him would have been aired, possibly publicly. Under the World Anti-Doping Code, the anti-doping agency was required to submit its evidence against Armstrong to the International Cycling Union, which has 21 days from the receipt of the case file to appeal the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Once it makes its decision, the World Anti-Doping Agency will have 21 days in which to appeal. The cycling union and the World Anti-Doping Agency were expected to receive the Armstrong file Wednesday. The anti-doping agency has been gathering evidence on Armstrong for the past several years, with its efforts increasing after Landis, the 2006 Tour winner who was stripped of the title for doping, contacted Tygart in 2010. Landis told Tygart that he, Armstrong and others on the Postal Service team were involved in systematic doping supported by the team. In a statement by his lawyer Wednesday, Hincapie, the only rider who was at Armstrong’s side for all seven Tour victories, acknowledged doping and apologized to his family, teammates and fans for his dishonesty. “Early in my professional career, it became clear to me that, given the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs by cyclists at the top of the profession, it was not possible to compete at the highest level without them,” said Hincapie, who retired from cycling this year after riding in a record 17th Tour. “I deeply regret that choice.” Since stopping his drug use in 2006, Hincapie said, he has been “working hard within the sport of cycling to rid it of banned substances.” “Thankfully, the use of performance-enhancing drugs is no longer embedded in the culture of our sport,” he said, “and younger riders are not faced with the same choice we had.” Juliet Macur, The New York Times IN THE KNOW: Key witnesses The former teammates of Lance Armstrong who were listed as key witnesses in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s case against Armstrong: George Hincapie: Only cyclist with Armstrong for all seven of his Tour de France victories (1999-2005). His testimony detailing participating in a doping program and Armstrong’s drug use is considered crucial to USADA’s case. Tyler Hamilton: Rode with Armstrong from 1998 to 2001. Detailed team’s complex doping program of drug use and blood transfusions in testimony and his recent book The Secret Race. Twice banned for doping and stripped of his 2004 Olympic gold medal. Floyd Landis: U.S. Postal Service team rider from 2002 to 2004. Was first rider to give investigators explicit detail of complex team doping program. His testimony helped launch federal criminal investigation of Armstrong and Postal team that was closed in February with no charges filed. Frankie Andreu: Armstrong teammate from 1992 to 2000. Andreu and his wife, Betsy, said Armstrong told doctors treating his cancer in 1996 that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Michael Barry: Armstrong teammate from 2002 to 2005. Said he participated in doping program. Tom Danielson: Armstrong teammate in 2005. Spoke about his experience as a young rider on the team. Levi Leipheimer: Well-respected American rider who was Armstrong teammate for five years on Postal (2000-01), Astana (2009) and RadioShack (2010-11). Described knowledge of doping program. Christian Vande Velde: Postal team rider 1998-2003. Testified Armstrong was enforcer of team doping program. Jonathan Vaughters: Armstrong teammate from 1998 to 1999. Testified about EPO use and Postal team’s system to avoid drug testers. David Zabriskie: Postal rider from 2001 to 2004. Testified about doping climate on the team. Stephen Swart: Rode with Armstrong on Motorola team in 1995. Said Armstrong wanted team to begin doping program. The Associated Press
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Armstronga su teretili iskazi gotovo svih najboljih bivših i sadašnjih američkih biciklista, a to su Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters i David Zabriskie Američka anti-doping agencija (USADA) objavila je u srijedu imena jedanaestorice biciklista koji su svjedočili u procesu protiv Lancea Armstronga, doživotno suspendiranog zbog uzimanja dopinga. Armstronga su teretili iskazi gotovo svih najboljih bivših i sadašnjih američkih biciklista, a to su Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters i David Zabriskie. 'To je najsofisticiraniji i dosad najuspješniji sustavni doping-program koji je sport ikad vidio', kaže se u priopćenju USADA-e, u kojem stoji da su svi dokazi proslijeđeni Međunarodnom biciklističkom savezu. Armstrongu je izrečena doživotna suspenzija, a oduzeto mu je svih sedam naslova pobjednika Tour de Francea. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom