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Report: Armstrong admitted doping

The French newspaper Le Monde is reporting that while being treated for testicular cancer, Lance Armstrong admitted to his doctor that he had taken banned performance enhancing drugs.


Armstrong’s alleged admission was made Oct. 28, 1996, to a doctor who was treating him for cancer. Betsy Andreu testified that the doctor asked Armstrong whether he had ever taken doping products, and that the cyclist replied “yes,” according to Le Monde. The newspaper said she and her husband were with Armstrong on that day.

“He asks which ones. And Lance replies, ‘EPO, growth hormones, cortisone, steroids, testosterone,”‘ it quoted her as telling the court in January.

Meanwhile, Armstrong’s lawyer called the charges absurd and one of his doctor’s that treated him for cancer said that he and other colleagues visited armstrong the day before his treatment and no such admission was made. Amstrong himself said in a November deposition that no doctor had asked him about taking doping products and that Betsy Andreu is making it up because she hates him.

Why is it that allegations of cheating always come up from the French newspapers. Look, Armstrong kicked your ass 7 times. He’s retired now. Get over it.

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[MSNBC]: French newspaper says ex-Tour king told doctor in ’96 he had taken drugs