Lance Armstrong lawyer 'would accept' lie detector results
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Lance Armstrong's lawyer says he would accept the outcome if lie detector tests were taken by witnesses who have accused the 41-year-old of doping.
A US Anti-Doping Agency report described Armstrong as a "serial cheat" and a "bully", citing 26 witnesses.
"I wouldn't challenge a lie detector test, with good equipment, properly administered," said Tim Herman.
Asked whether Armstrong would also be prepared to take a test, he said: "We might do that, you never know."
He added: "I don't know if we would or we wouldn't. We might."
Armstrong was stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won between 1999 and 2005 after Usada concluded he had led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen".
Herman maintains the information provided by some of the witnesses cannot be relied upon, identifying several as "liars" - and he said he was "a proponent, personally" of lie-detector tests being used in the case.
"Many witnesses have contradictory stories to tell," he said.
"Lance had over 600 fellow riders, team members [and] trainers in his career racing in Europe.
"Of those, 11 came forward. Many others would and have refuted many of the allegations. Other than Tyler Hamilton, Frankie Andreu, Floyd Landis and Jonathan Vaughters I'm not calling anyone a liar - but I am calling those four liars."
Asked why Armstrong had not challenged the claims set out by Usada, Herman told the BBC's Sportsweek on Radio 5 live: "He's moved on. His name is never going to be clear with anyone beyond what it is today.
"People are fans. Most of the people that I've talked to, this is their opinion - it is 'we don't care whether he did or he didn't'."
BBC Radio 5 live Sport will look at the Lance Armstrong saga in a special programme on Monday at 19:00 BST. "Peddlers: Cycling's Dirty Truth" includes interviews with Armstrong's former team-mate Tyler Hamilton, former Wada head Dick Pound, and British cyclist David Millar who was banned for two years after admitting taking performance-enhancing drugs.
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>People forget this & think that cheating on its own enabled LA to win.
>legend whatever.
No, not 'on it's own'. People think that the cheating was a decisive factor and without it he'd probably have been another very good cyclist, but not in anything like the same league.
Its weirdly related to Jimmy Seville in a way. A lot of people knew what was happening, but chose not to say anything for their own, selfish purposes.
Please confess Lance, before you lose everything.
Wrong!
There's an analysis of his blood test results from 2009/10 on the TdF and the retested 1999 urine tests from the TdF, added to that a failed test for cortisone which was hushed up after a back-dated medical certificate.
Then there's the little matter of the payments to Ferrari of over $1M for 'training advice'.
For goodness sake get real, you're in denial!
No one can deny lance wasnt involved after reading the 1000 page report.
to everyone.
Why now? Because these riders were forced to testify under oath in a federal investigation. If you lie, you go to jail, like Marion Jones. If you've already lied, you carry on lying, you have too much too lose. Hincapie never failed a test, they had nothing on him, he had nothing to gain. Now Matt White has admitted th truth and it's cost him his job.
I was always willing to believe LA because he was so vehement about his innocence and his willingness to call out those who challenged him. I started to wonder when he chucked his right to defend himself and accepted sanctions and I was convinced after ploughing through the reasoned response and affidavits on the USADA website.
The man Lied and then slandered others to defend himself
A big 'thank you' to USADA for doing WADA's / UCI's job for them.
CaptQuakers: I agree this has much bigger implications than Lance Pharmstrong. Were the UCI implicit in the deception? Why were dope controls so poor?
What is it with these Lance fans? They DO have the authority to force UCI to do it. UCI delegate the affairs to USADA. Armstrong/UCI/whoever can take it to the UCI's own nominated arbitrator if they want, CAS. Let it go, he cheated, badly, and it matters.
Through his foundation Lance Armstrong has raised almost 500 million dollars for cancer research. The man is an absolute hero.
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Jimmy Saville raised millions for Charity!!!
We all know why of course. If Armstrong had contested then the USADA would have been able to subpoena even more evidence and force reluctant witnesses to the stand (not to mention cross-examine Armstrong himself).