A Setback
Nothing came of it.
Without explanation, André Birotte Jr., the United States attorney for the Central District of California,
dropped the federal inquiry in February, stunning Tygart and the riders and even the investigators involved in the case.
The riders, who believed they had risked their reputations to confess their doping to help shed light on their tarnished sport, were disheartened. Armstrong, who had fought off doping accusations for more than a decade, had won again, some said.
Tygart asked the federal investigators to share some evidence they had uncovered outside the grand jury. But the Justice Department would not comply, he said.
For Tygart, time was running out. The London Olympics were less than three months away, and some of the former Postal Service riders were likely candidates for the United States team. He could not let those riders compete at the London Games if their doping history would soon become public as part of Armstrong’s case.
On April 30, Tygart wrote a letter to the Department of Justice, asking for information that he said would “clearly establish that some of the top American cyclists have been involved with doping, and thus should not be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games.”
But the Justice Department again left the United States Anti-Doping Agency hanging. More than two years had gone by since Landis broke the silence about the Postal Service team, and the agency’s case was languishing.
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Näyttäähän tuo Ulle kovinkin sutjakalta noissa 2001 kuvissa, mutta luomu? Ei. Voi olla että varovaisempia oltiin (kuin ennen festiinaa tai/ja kuin Lance). Vitamiinit kuitenkin käytössä aivan varmasti (IMO).Mr antiluomu itseteossa!
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