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US government joins lawsuit against Lance Armstrong

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Lance Armstrong faces a powerful new adversary -- the United States government. The Justice Department notified a federal court Friday that it has joined one of his former racing teammates in suing him for using performance enhancing drugs during the Tour de France.

 

Lance Armstrong sued over $12 million in Tour de France prize money

Lance Armstrong

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong on Thursday was sued by a company that paid him about $12 million in prize money in connection with three of the seven Tour de France titles that have since been stripped from him for his use of banned drugs.

 

World Anti-Doping Agency irate with cycling federation

The World Anti-Doping Agency has called cycling's international governing body (UCI) "deceitful" and "arrogant" after it shut down its own independent commission into doping.

 

Armstrong cuts formal ties to Livestrong

Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

 

No reallocation of Armstrong wins

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Lance Armstrong's Tour de France titles will not be given to others in the wake of the doping scandal, cycling's governing body says.

 

UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titles

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Cycling's governing body agreed Monday to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life, following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams.

 

Bank ends cycling sponsorship after Armstrong report

Dutch bank Rabobank is ending its long sponsorship of professional cycling, saying "the trust in the cycling world has gone" following publication of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's explosive report into Lance Armstrong.

 

Armstrong Dropped From Nike as He Quits His Charity

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Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday.

 

How Lance Armstrong Beat Cycling’s Drug Tests

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Throughout his career, Lance Armstrong always responded to doping allegations by saying he had been tested for banned substances hundreds of times and never produced a positive result. How could the world’s greatest cyclist, always in the cross hairs of doping officials, never fail a drug test if he was doping, Armstrong reasoned.

 

USADA: 11 ex-teammates testified against Lance

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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says 11 of Lance Armstrong's former teammates testified against him in its investigation of the cyclist, revealing "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."

 

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