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Cyclists Are Said to Back Claims That Armstrong Doped
Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his former associates, including cyclists who have supported and detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States Postal Service team participated in systematic doping, according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two others privy to the inquiry.
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But now, prosecutors and investigators have more than Landis’s account to go on, according to the two people with knowledge of the investigation. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their access to sensitive information.
A former teammate of Armstrong said in a telephone interview Wednesday that he had spoken with investigators. He said he detailed some of his own drug use, as well as the widespread cheating that he said went on as part of the Postal Service team - all of which he said was done with Armstrong’s knowledge and encouragement.
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Prosecutors are moving the case along because the 10-year statute of limitations on some of the charges they are investigating is set to expire next spring.
Look, I know it's counterintuitive, but I think he did it, and I think he should get away with it. All of the big name cyclists at the time were doing it. The sport's finally recovering from the scandals that caused. If everyone was doing it, competition was still *relatively* fair at the top level. No one got hurt that I'm aware of. And Armstrong has done, and is still doing, wonderful work to fight cancer. I can't say enough good things about the Lance Armstrong Foundation. I see huge problems being caused by dredging all this up again, and minuscule, if any, benefit.
Please, just let it go, guys.
Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his former associates, including cyclists who have supported and detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States Postal Service team participated in systematic doping, according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two others privy to the inquiry.
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But now, prosecutors and investigators have more than Landis’s account to go on, according to the two people with knowledge of the investigation. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their access to sensitive information.
A former teammate of Armstrong said in a telephone interview Wednesday that he had spoken with investigators. He said he detailed some of his own drug use, as well as the widespread cheating that he said went on as part of the Postal Service team - all of which he said was done with Armstrong’s knowledge and encouragement.
[...]
Prosecutors are moving the case along because the 10-year statute of limitations on some of the charges they are investigating is set to expire next spring.
Look, I know it's counterintuitive, but I think he did it, and I think he should get away with it. All of the big name cyclists at the time were doing it. The sport's finally recovering from the scandals that caused. If everyone was doing it, competition was still *relatively* fair at the top level. No one got hurt that I'm aware of. And Armstrong has done, and is still doing, wonderful work to fight cancer. I can't say enough good things about the Lance Armstrong Foundation. I see huge problems being caused by dredging all this up again, and minuscule, if any, benefit.
Please, just let it go, guys.