Lance Armstrong Finds Allies in France on Landis Doping Claims
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As Lance Armstrong ended his final Tour de France yesterday, the appetite to explore his past is waning -- at least among the French.
The record seven-time champion’s former teammate Floyd Landis, stripped of his 2006 Tour title for cheating, said in May that he and Armstrong were among members of a U.S. Postal Service-bankrolled team who used drugs to improve performance. Federal prosecutors, who are examining the allegations, subpoenaed another former Tour winner, Greg LeMond, who wasn’t on the team, his lawyer Mark Handfelt said last week.