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Lance Armstrong demands proof on doping charges

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    Conviction could cost cycling star titles

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Seven time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is now demanding proof proof behind the new accusations that he used for performance enhancing drugs.

His legacy is a sports icon is very much on the line here after the US Anti Doping Agency filed charges against him.

Officials claim to have blood samples and witnesses who can show he cheated.

And a conviction could cost Lance Armstrong all of his biggest titles.

Trace Gallagher was -- -- -- -- -- officials say they have incriminating blood samples but Lance Armstrong has never tested positive right.

Yet they're saying these blood samples are consistent with blood manipulation so in other words they claim that Lance Armstrong injected himself with -- hormones to increase his blood oxygen levels to thereby increase his performance.

But that he was injecting himself in a way that avoided detection which is why he never tested positive.

Here's Lance Armstrong's new attorney Mark Fabiani -- It's hard for I think any Anti Doping Agency Tuesday well we know you passed 500.

Or more cast but you you you beat the -- every single time that's just hard to imagine especially when other people failed the test is not a situation.

Where nobody failed test.

Hundreds and hundreds of athletes have failed these tests but not -- And remember the US ABA not -- claims that Lance Armstrong was doping also that he helped other riders also -- -- and now Lance Armstrong's attorneys want the doping agency to turn over the evidence including the names of these accusers.

Yet because in the meantime member Lance Armstrong can't compete in these triathlon through his attorneys claim that he's being punished before he's even tried to they want the blood evidence want the names of the ten witnesses who claim.

That he was doping but the US -- says they're not about to turn over those names because they believe they'll be intimidated.

Judge entered -- -- title does not believe that will fly list.

-- question here is our his his accusers worthy of belief and in order to evaluate that.

You need to know who they aren't -- to know what their background is so wherever -- hearing officers are.

Will come at all.

The anti doping association.

To reveal sufficiently in advance of the hearing the true identity of the witnesses who will testify.

Lance Armstrong has ten days to respond to these charges ship and he says he most definitely will Trace Gallagher live Trace thanks a few weeks ago Brian.

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