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SPORTS MAY 20, 2010

Cyclist Armstrong Denies Doping

Statement Comes After Former Teammate Landis Admits to Banned Performance-
Enhancing Measures, Accuses Others

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By REED ALBERGOTTI And VANESSA O'CONNELL

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Mr. Landis, the American cyclist whose 2006 Tour De France victory was nullified after a
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positive doping test, in recent weeks sent a series of emails to cycling officials and sponsors
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admitting to, and detailing, his systematic use of blood transfusions and performance-
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also claim that other riders and cycling officials allegedly participated in such practices,
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including seven-time Tour de France winner Mr. Armstrong.
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Mr. Landis's accusations prompted Mr. Armstrong to hold an impromptu press conference
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Thursday at the Tour of California.
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all up:' credibility,'' Mr. Armstrong said, according to the Associated Press. "Floyd lost his
credibility a long time ago.''
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With his longtime coach Johan Bruyneel next to him, Mr. Armstrong said Mr. Landis seemingly
pointed the finger at everyone still in the sport. "We have nothing to hide," he said.
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"I'd remind everybody that this is a man
that's been under oath several times and
had a very different version,'' Mr. Armstrong
said. "This is a man that wrote a book for      
profit that had a completely different version.
This is somebody that took, some would say, Lance Armstrong: News Hub: Landis World Cup: U.S.
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close to $1 million from innocent people for to Hide Accuses Others Potential High
his defense under a different premise. Now 2:09 4:36 1:37

when it's all run out the story changes.''

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Mr. Armstrong later quit the race after
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during the fifth stage of the Tour of California cycling
race in the outskirts of Visalia, Calif. official said he received stitches under his Lance Armstrong News Conference Live Blog
left eye and suffered a contusion on his left
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elbow, but no fracture.
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Mr. Armstrong has faced a number of doping
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accusations during his career, which he has denied. He has never been sanctioned.

Mr. Landis's charges couldn't be independently verified. Mr. Landis did not respond to a
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request for comment. But he told ESPN.com: "I want to clear my conscience. I don't want to
be part of the problem any more.'' Read Emailed Video Commented

It's unclear how many emails Mr. Landis sent. Three emails, dated between April 30 and May 1. Cyclist Armstrong Denies Doping
6, have been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Landis copied seven people on these
three emails, including officials with USA Cycling and the International Cycling Union. Three 2. The Euro Turns Radioactive
people who have seen the emails and spoken to Mr. Landis about them say they are
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authentic.
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In the emails, he expressed frustration about the inability of antidoping officials to clean up the
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After the Tour De France stripped Mr.

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Landis of his 2006 victory for testing positive
for elevated levels of testosterone after one
crucial stage of the race, the U.S. Anti-
Doping Agency banned him from the sport
for two years. From the moment the positive
test was revealed, Mr. Landis has publicly
denied ever using performance-enhancing
drugs.
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The emails are particularly focused on
Mr. Armstrong rides alongside Mr. Landis during a American riders. Mr. Landis said in them that
rest day of the 90th Tour de France in July 2003.
during his career, he and other American
riders learned how to conduct blood
transfusions, take the synthetic blood booster Erythropoietin, or EPO, and use steroids. All
these practices are banned in cycling.

Mr. Landis said he started using testosterone patches, then progressed to blood transfusions,
EPO, and a liquid steroid taken orally.

In one of the emails, dated April 30 and

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addressed to Stephen Johnson, the
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president of USA Cycling, Mr. Landis said
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patches, blood doping and human growth
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hormone in 2002 and 2003, his first two
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years on the U.S. Postal Service team.
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Photos "He and I had lengthy discussions about it
on our training rides during which time he
also explained to me the evolution of EPO testing and how transfusions were now necessary
due to the inconvenience of the new test," Mr. Landis claimed in the email. He claimed he
was instructed by Mr. Bruyneel how to use synthetic EPO and steroids and how to carry out
blood transfusions that doping officials wouldn't be able to detect.

Mr. Bruyneel said Thursday that "I've always known Floyd as an angry person ... somebody

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who's basically angry with the world,'' Associated Press reported. "To me it sounds like he just
wants to drag down people who are still there and enjoying this.''

In the same April 30 email, Mr. Landis wrote that after breaking his hip in 2003, he flew to
Girona, Spain—a training hub for American riders—and had two half-liter units of blood
extracted from his body in three-week intervals to be used later during the Tour de France.

The extraction, Mr. Landis claimed, took place in Mr. Armstrong's apartment, where blood
bags belonging to Mr. Armstrong and his then-teammate George Hincapie were kept in a
refrigerator in Mr. Armstrong's closet.

Mr. Landis said he was asked to check the temperature of the blood daily. According to Mr.
Landis, Mr. Armstrong left for a few weeks and asked Mr. Landis to make sure the electricity
didn't go off and ruin the blood. George Hincapie, through a spokesman, denied the
allegations.

In the email sent April 30 to Mr. Johnson,

Mr. Landis said that in 2006, after leaving
the U.S. Postal Service team for a team
sponsored by Swiss hearing aide
manufacturer Phonak, he told Andy Rihs, the
team's owner, that he had been involved in
a blood doping program in the past with his
old team and wanted to continue doing so
with Phonak.
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European Pressphoto Agency He said Mr. Rihs, the chairman of Sonova
Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line to win the Holding AG, the Switzerland-based parent
17th stage of the Tour de France in July 2004.
company of Phonak, agreed to pay for the
same doping operations at Phonak. After Mr.
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testosterone and not blood doping—the
team disbanded in 2006.
It's not a good day for Mr. Rihs, through a spokesperson, declined
cycling and it's a tragic one to be interviewed. He said Thursday in a
for Floyd. written statement that neither he nor the

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management of the team "knew that Floyd
Landis was doped," and described the email
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statements by Mr. Landis as "lies"
representing "a last tragic attempt of Landis to once again gain public recognition" that he has
lost.

Mr. Johnson issued a statement Thursday saying members of USA Cycling would not discuss
doping allegations. "There are many accusations being circulated and we are confident these
will be thoroughly investigated by the appropriate authorities."

In addition to these allegations, Mr. Landis's emails called current anti-doping efforts "a
charade," detailed how to use EPO without getting caught and claimed he helped former
teammates Levi Leipheimer and Dave Zabriskie take EPO before one Tour of California race.
Mr. Leipheimer and Mr. Zabriskie could not be reached for comment.

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Write to Reed Albergotti at reed.albergotti@wsj.com and Vanessa O'Connell at

vanessa.o'connell@wsj.com

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