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Will teammates testify against Lance Armstrong?
4 former U.S. Postal riders miss London
Miroir du Cyclisme
Also named are George Hincapie, Levi
Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie. The four were notably
excluded from USA Cycling’s 2012 Olympic team. This has led to widespread speculation
that the four cut a deal with USADA to receive reduced sanctions for doping in
exchange for testifying against Armstrong. Their impending sanctions would thus
be the reason they cannot compete in London
“USA Cycling has received numerous
inquiries regarding the men's Olympic road team announced yesterday. Prior to
the commencement of the Olympic team nomination process, George Hincapie, Levi
Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie individually requested
that they not be considered for nomination.
“USA Cycling will not speculate on
the reasoning behind their requests and will not have further comment on this
topic; any questions related to their decision should be directed to the
individual athletes.”
Last week a USADA panel has
unanimously recommended that doping charges against Lance Armstrong, his former
team manager Johan Bruyneel, and team doctors Pedro Celaya Lezama and Luis
Garcia del Moral; team trainer Pepe Marti, and consulting doctor Michele
Ferrari report AP and Belga. USADA considers the charges to be so similar that
it has rolled the case against all these men into one. The six are accused of
using, possessing and trafficking banned substances including EPO, blood
transfusions and steroids. The charges relate to the period between 1998 and
2010. Armstrong, 40, if convicted, risks losing his seven TdF titles.
The former U.S. Postal Service Team
had many notable riders on its roster according to Wikipedia. These are:
Former members of U.S. Postal (from
Wikipedia)
Name Nationality
Years
Lance Armstrong United States 1998–2004
Frankie Andreu United States 1998–2000
José Azevedo Portugal 2004
Dariusz Baranowski Poland
Michael Barry Canada 2002–2004
Tom Boonen Belgium 2000–2002
Jamie Burrow United Kingdom 2000
Dylan Casey United States 1999–2002
David Clinger United States 2002
Michael Creed United States 2004
Antonio Cruz United States 2001–2004
Julian Dean New Zealand 1999–2000
Pascal Derame France
Viatcheslav Ekimov Russia
David George South Africa 1999–2000
Eddy Gragus United States 1995–1997
Tyler Hamilton United States 1996–2000
Andrew Hampsten United
States 1996
Roberto Heras Spain 2001–2003
Ryder Hesjedal Canada 2004
George Hincapie United States 1997–2004
Frank Høj Denmark
Marty Jemison United States 1998–1999
Patrick Jonker Australia
2000
Steffen Kjærgaard Norway 2000–2003
Damon Kluck United States 2003
Kenny Labbé United States 2000–2004
Floyd Landis United States 2002–2004
Juan Llaneras Rosello Spain
Levi Leipheimer United States 2000–2001
Kevin Livingston United States 1999–2000
Glenn Magnusson Sweden
Chann McRae United States 2002
Peter Meinert-Nielsen
Denmark
Gianpaolo Mondini Italy 2002
Kirk O'Bee United States 2000
Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia 2001–2004
Daniel Rincón Colombia 2004
Jean-Cyril Robin France
Sven Teutenberg Germany
Christian Vande Velde United
States 1998–2003
Jonathan Vaughters United
States 1998–1999
Cédric Vasseur France
2000
Stive Vermaut Belgium 2000
Robbie Ventura United States 2003–2004
Anton Villatoro Guatemala
Matt White Australia 2001–2003
Dave Zabriskie United
States 2003–2004
Telesport article (in Dutch):
AP article (in English)
Belga article (en français)
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