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Lance Armstrong hires criminal defense attorney

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Lance Armstrong has hired a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the federal investigation for possible fraud and doping violations by the seven-time Tour de France winner and his cycling teammates.

To add insult to injury, three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond is saying that he believes the evidence against Armstrong "will be overwhelming."

Additionally, Velonews reported this quote from LeMond:

“Up until now, he has achieved great things, if you consider he did it fairly, which I don’t believe,” LeMond said in an interview conducted in French with the Journal Du Dimanche newspaper. “For him, it’s the beginning of the end.”

As I mentioned in a post from last week, this could be the equivalent of Watergate for American Cycling. Armstrong is not the only one in hot water, just the highest of the high profile targets.

Say it ain't so, Joe.....


Jeff
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