USADA details Armstrong team doping programme

Lance Armstrong and his team ran the most sophisticated doping programme in sport according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which released its report on the case against the US Postal cycling team.

The USADA report runs to more than 1,000 pages and contains the sworn testimony of 26 people, including 15 riders.

Among those who gave sworn evidence were 11 of Armstrong's teammates - Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie.

"The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ran the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen," USADA said in a statement.

USADA said the report was constructed from direct documentary evidence - including financial payments, emails, scientific data and laboratory test results.

It says the document "proves the use, possession and distribution of performance enhancing drugs by Lance Armstrong."

"(It) confirms the disappointing truth about the deceptive activities of the USPS Team, a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding."

40-year-old Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France wins last month and handed a lifetime ban by USADA after indicating he would not challenge charges that he had doped throughout his career. He has always denied doping.

In a statement this evening, USADA CEO Travis T Tygart said the USPS conspiracy was "professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair competitive advantage through superior doping practices."

He said the doping programme was designed by individuals who thought they were above the rules and who still play a major and active role in sport today.

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