Lawyers defend Tour de France Armstrong
The tour of France is over for another year with the 27 year old Spaniard Alberto Contador winning his third Tour de France but many still feel that Lance Armstrong is still the champion .The man who fought back from cancer to were the yellow jersey for 7 years and become a hero to millions of people around the world had risked it all once again for the sport he loves.
Lance Armstrong
Armstrong finished the tour de France 39 minutes behind Contador in 23rd position after a series of crashes on the 21st stage left him out of contention for the podium.
Armstrong’s race finished in controversy as his team RadioShack wore new jersey’s on the final stage in honour of the 28 million people worldwide dealing with cancer but officials halted proceedings when they noticed the unauthorised jerseys and made them put the officials jerseys back on.
Controversy is nothing new with Armstrong’s career as allegations of doping have always dogged him for years but he has always denied these allegations strongly. Through his lawyers , Armstrong has always denied these possible fraud and doping violations but today federal prosecutors investigating cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed documents from a 2004 case in which a Texas company tried to prove that Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs
The records include depositions from former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, former Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu and his wife, and testimony from Armstrong and his business associates.
According to his lawyer, Bryan D Daly, a criminal defence lawyer and former federal prosecutor based in Los Angeles.
“Truthfully, I don’t have any idea how Lance Armstrong fits into this whole thing,” Daly said. “Lance Armstrong doesn’t want to be stuck in the middle of a celebrity investigation.”
The cyclist never has failed a drug test and has strongly denied all allegations and has never been charged with any wrongdoing.
