Lance Armstrong Doping Scandal: 11 Teammates Testify In Probe

By Mereb Gebremariam, Mstars Reporter | Oct 10, 2012 04:52 PM EDT

About Eleven people testified against Lance Armstrong in the Doping probe. Former teammate, George Hincapie admitted his role in the doping allegations and told investigators what he knew. In a statement Hincapie said, "I would have been much more comfortable talking only about myself, but understood that I was obligated to tell the truth about everything I knew. So that is what I did."

On Wednesday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said they would release evidence against Lance Armstrong with a document with more than 1,000 pages of sworn testimonies that Armstrong did use dope during his participation on the U.S. Postal Service Cycling team from 15 cyclist and 26 other people.

Travis Tygart, the USADA chief said in a statement, "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."

The Eleven people that testified against Armstrong were: Hincape, Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie.

According to the USADA, additional evidence discovered about the world renowned cyclist includes, "Direct documentary evidence including financial payments, emails, scientific data and laboratory test results that further prove the use, possession and distribution of performance enhancing drugs by Lance Armstrong and confirm the disappointing truth about the deceptive activities of the USPS Team, a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding."

Defending his innocence saying that he never tested positive during any drug testing's Armstrong's attorney Tim Herman aimed his attacks at the USADA chief in a statement, "Tygart's statement confirms the alleged 'reasoned decision' from USADA will be a one-sided hatchet job -- a taxpayer-funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat -induced stories."

If the allegations are true, the USADA will ban Armstrong for life and strip him of his even titles in the Tour de France.

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