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Armstrong Team Doctors, Trainer Banned for Life for Drug Use

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Two doctors and a trainer who worked with seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his cycling teams were banned for life for encouraging doping by athletes, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.

The penalties against Luis Garcia del Moral and Michele Ferrari, the team doctors, and Jose “Pepe” Marti, the trainer, were announced by the Colorado Springs, Colorado-based agency in an e-mailed news release.