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 A new book published in France on Thursday alleges seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his entourage intimidated witnesses, including former teammate Frankie Andreu, in a high-stakes court case. The book ``L.A. Official'' by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh, who wrote ``L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong'' in 2004, is based on testimony given in a legal dispute between Armstrong and Dallas-based SCA Promotions that had a ...

Lance Armstrong assailed a new book going on sale in France on Thursday as ``another baseless attack'' against the seven-time Tour de France champion. The book by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh, who wrote ``L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong'' in 2004, is based on testimony given in a legal dispute between Armstrong and Dallas-based SCA Promotions that had a bonus contract with the cyclist. The new book, ``LA Official'' evokes the ``strategies put in place by the ...

Cyclist Lance Armstrong says his three children don't waste their time playing video games: He makes sure they get out and get physical. ``It's all about lifestyle,'' the seven-time Tour de France champion said Thursday at the Clinton Global Initiative. ``It's what you do when you wake up to when you go to bed.'' Armstrong, who has retired from cycling, has a son and twin daughters, all under the age ...

Right around the corner from Trump Tower, Lance Armstrong jogged across Madison Avenue during rush hour, dodging a police motorcade speeding to the United Nations, a bicyclist delivering Chinese takeout and two women in heels scrambling for the bus. A crowded, hectic setting in midtown Manhattan, much like what he'll see in 6{ weeks when he runs his first New York City Marathon. He thinks he can finish within one ...

Lance Armstrong bristled Tuesday at a report that two former teammates admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, calling it ``a hatchet job ... to link me to doping through somebody else's admission.'' Frankie Andreu and another former Armstrong teammate who requested anonymity because he still works in cycling told The New York Times they used the endurance-booster EPO to prepare for the 1999 Tour de France, when Armstrong won the first of ...

Two of Lance Armstrong's former teammates said they used a performance-enhancing drug when they were getting ready for the 1999 Tour de France, according to a newspaper report. Frankie Andreu, a 39-year-old former team captain, and another teammate who requested anonymity because he still works in cycling, told The New York Times they used EPO in preparation for the 1999 race, when Armstrong won the first of his seven titles ...

PARIS (AP) _ Outside of Lance Armstrong's hotel room, the familiar strains of the U.S. national anthem played in the distance as Floyd Landis stood on the podium and donned the yellow jersey Armstrong had worn the final Sunday of the Tour de France for the past seven years. ``I feel a lot of pride and joy as an American, as a fan of American cycling,'' Armstrong said. ...

PARIS (AP) _ Lance Armstrong says the Discovery Channel team has been so impressed by Floyd Landis they want to sign him. With only one rider in the top 20, Landis could be the leader Discovery is looking for. ``We've always been interested in Floyd, he's a damn good rider,'' Armstrong told The Associated Press. ``We would take Floyd back. We've pursued him for some time ...

LE CREUSOT, France (AP) _ The outgoing head of the Tour de France said he regretted that Lance Armstrong didn't explain how a French lab found traces of a banned performance enhancer in a 1999 sample. Jean-Marie Leblanc, who is retiring this year after 18 years as head of cycling's premiere race, said the seven-time champion brought a new culture and ``modernity'' to ...

L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) _ Lance Armstrong says it's crucial that Floyd Landis win the Tour de France if the development of cycling in the United States is to continue. ``It's great for American cycling, and I'd love to see the jersey stay in the States,'' said Armstrong, who retired last summer after the last of his record seven Tour wins. ...