Lance Armstrong on doping: what the evidence says · JRE #737
SUBJECT: DOPING
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
which is really, I think, bothered a lot of people that, that this person being me forced young impressionable young men to put dangerous substances into their body. Right. That just is not true.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Armstrong denies forcing teammates to dope, calling the characterization untrue. The best current evidence is USADA's October 2012 Reasoned Decision, a roughly 200-page report backed by testimony from 11 former U.S. Postal Service teammates. USADA's report states that Armstrong "required that they adhere to the doping program outlined for them or be replaced" and that he "enforced and re-enforced" the team's doping culture. Armstrong accepted USADA's lifetime ban and stripped results rather than contest this evidence in arbitration. The claim that Armstrong did not pressure teammates into doping is contradicted by USADA's official findings, which describe conditioning a roster spot on compliance with the doping program; status is well-documented as false based on the available record.