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Former teammate says Lance Armstrong used drugs on Tour Lance Armstrong used drugs, claims former team-mate
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A former teammate of cyclist Lance Armstrong has said the seven-time Tour de France winner used the performance-enhancing drug EPO. A former team-mate of cyclist Lance Armstrong has claimed the seven-time Tour de France winner used the performance-enhancing drug EPO.
Tyler Hamilton rode with Armstrong in the US Postal team, and says both men used EPO during the 1999 Tour. Tyler Hamilton rode with Armstrong in the US Postal team, and says they both used EPO during the 1999 Tour.
Lance Armstrong, who has always denied such claims , said on his Twitter page: "Never a failed test. I rest my case." Armstrong, who has consistently denied the many such allegations made against him, said on his Twitter page: "Never a failed test. I rest my case."
Hamilton served a two-year ban for blood-doping from 2005-2007. Hamilton, 40, served a two-year ban for blood-doping from 2005-2007.
"I saw [EPO] in his refrigerator. ... I saw him inject it more than one time," Hamilton told the CBS programme 60 Minutes, "like we all did. Like I did, many, many times." "I saw [EPO] in his refrigerator... I saw him inject it more than one time," Hamilton told the CBS programme 60 Minutes, "like we all did. Like I did, many, many times."
Armstrong's spokesman Mark Fabiani said in a statement: "Hamilton is actively seeking to make money by writing a book, and now he has completely changed the story he has always told before so that he could get himself on '60 Minutes' and increase his chances with publishers.
"But greed and a hunger for publicity cannot change the facts: Lance Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports. He has passed nearly 500 tests over 20 years of competition."
Allegations of the use of banned substances by members of the US Postal team are still the subject of an federal investigation in the United States.Allegations of the use of banned substances by members of the US Postal team are still the subject of an federal investigation in the United States.
Armstrong has always vehemently denied that he ever used banned substances and he has never failed a drugs test. Armstrong won the Tour de France for seven consecutive years from 1999-2005. He retired following the last of those triumphs.
He won the Tour de France for seven consecutive years from 1999-2005. The Texan returned to ride in the 2009 race and finished in a creditable third place. He competed in it again in 2010 but could only manage 23rd, although he helped his RadioShack team win the team competition
He returned to ride in the 2009 race, but earlier this year the 39-year-old announced that he has retired from competitive cycling for good. Earlier this year, the 39-year-old announced that he has retired from competitive cycling for good.