Former Armstrong colleagues get bans

Source:Reuters-Global Times Published: 2014-4-22 23:23:02

Lance Armstrong's former cycling team manager Johan Bruyneel, doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose "Pepe" Marti have all been handed long bans from all sports for their involvement in doping, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said Tuesday.

Bruyneel was banned for 10 years, while ­Celaya and Marti got eight-year bans after the decision by the American Arbitration Association North American Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The trio all worked for Armstrong's US Postal Service team (USPS), which changed its name to Discovery Channel after a change of sponsors in 2005, and opted for arbitration when the charges were originally leveled against them in June 2012.

American Armstrong was stripped of his ­seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban for doping in 2012, finally admitting his use of banned substances in January 2013.

USADA's 2012 report said the USPS team had run "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program the sport has ever seen."

Reuters - Global Times



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