Lance Armstrong is demanding access to evidence gathered by anti-doping investigators — including the names of witnesses who say they saw him take performance-enhancing drugs.
The seven-time Tour de France champ is also asking for all test results from the US Anti-Doping Agency, which is formally charging him with taking the drugs.
“I’m exploring all my options,” he said in Paris.
Armstrong has until June 22 to answer the charges.
He had planned to compete June 24 in the Ironman France triathlon, but organizers yesterday said they were now barring him over the USADA charges.
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Lance Armstrong
He says he never tested positive for barred drugs.
His lawyer, Robert Luskin, wrote the USADA, asking for the names of those accusing his client of doping.
“Even at this preliminary stage, your reliance on secret witnesses making deliberately vague charges is unconscionable,” he wrote.
The USADA says it has damaging testimony from 10 former teammates and support personnel but is concealing their identities to protect them.
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