Digest: Former teammate comes to defense of Lance Armstrong
Posted: 05/23/2011 08:19:48 PM PDT
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:19:50 PM PDT
In the wake of fresh doping allegations against Lance Armstrong, cycling's world governing body and one of his former teammates came to the defense of the seven-time Tour de France champion on Monday.
Tyler Hamilton, another ex-teammate of Armstrong, said on "60 Minutes" he witnessed the American take performance-enhancing drugs before or during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours while with the U.S. Postal team.
However, team rider Viatcheslav Ekimov says he never saw Armstrong do any of the things Hamilton described.
The International Cycling Union also denied claims from Hamilton that it helped cover up a positive sample submitted by Armstrong at the Tour de Suisse in 2001.
Ekimov, who rode with Armstrong as he won the Tour from 2000-05 and is now RadioShack's team manager, referred to Hamilton as a "liar" and suggested he has ulterior motives.
"Behind his story is something," Ekimov said. "First of all, it's untrue. And behind his story is some money or some stimulation. Because why did this guy just crack now? Why didn't he do it in 2005? "... I call these guys liars. First they lie about the innocence, now they lie about something else."
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