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Four former teammates ꦚof Lance Armstrong will receive six month bans after they confessed to doping and testified against the seven-time Tour de France winner, accor♊ding to .

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Hincapie, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Levi Leipheimer, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Christian Vande Velde and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:David Zabriskie are said to have given evidence in the USADA investigation which has charged Armstrong with doping. All four riders are currently taking part in the Tour de France, but in recent weeks, USA Cycling revealed they 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:opted not to be considered for the Olympic Games.

Today's report, which is fr🉐ont-page news, also names Garmin-Sharp boss Jonathan Vaughters. It is not clear whether Vaughters too will face suspension.

"Miraculously, USADA has arranged for the suspensions to begin at the start at the end of the season so that they are able to race both the Tour de France and th𝔉e Vuelta a Espana," the article states.

In mid June, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:USADA formally charged Armstrong with doping with the use of evidence gather▨ed in the investigation into potential doping on the United States Postal Service (USPS) (1996-2004), Discovery Channel (2005-2007), Astana (2009) and RadioShack (2010) cycling teams. Johan B🔴ruyneel, Dr. Pedro Celaye, Dr. Luis Garcia del Moral, Dr. Michele Ferrari, and Mr. Pepe Marti are also accused of a variety of doping violations, from the administration of doping products, trafficking, assisting and abetting and covering up.

Within ❀the 15-page letter detailing the charges, USADA pointed to 10 witnesses to the alleged conduct, made up of cyclists and cycling team employees, but until now their identities remained secret.