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Armstrong dismisses latest Landis allegations

ESPN staff
July 3, 2010
Lance Armstrong is putting the finishing touches to his Tour de France preparations © Getty Images
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On the morning of the start of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong has once again dismissed allegations about him by Floyd Landis.

Armstrong, a seven times Tour de France winner, has been dogged by controversy throughout his glittering career on the bike. Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping, has made repeated claims about his former team-mate.

In a statement through his manager, Armstrong described Landis' claims as "a carton of sour milk: once you take the first sip, you don't have to drink the rest to know it has all gone bad."

"Today's Wall Street Journal article is full of false accusations and more of the same old news from Floyd Landis, a person with zero credibility and an established pattern of recanting tomorrow what he swears to today," Armstrong said.

"For years, sensational stories based on the allegations of axe-grinders have surfaced on the eve of the Tour for publicity reasons, and this article is simply no different.

"Lastly, I have too much work to do during this, my final Tour, and then after my retirement in my continued fight against cancer, to add any attention to this predictable pre-Tour sensationalism."

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