Did Landis get last laugh against Armstrong?

The government said the Postal Service would not have paid if it had known the cycling team was using banned drugs and blood transfusions to cheat in races. "The allegations against Armstrong were originally brought in a whistleblower complaint filed in June 2010 by Floyd Landis, a former teamm...

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Published inGannett News Service
Main Author Schrotenboer, Brent
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published McLean USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc 20.04.2018
Subjects
Armstrong, Lance
Drugs & sports
Federal government
Fraud
Landis, Floyd
Postal & delivery services
Settlements & damages
Whistleblowing
Winfrey, Oprah
Washington DC
United States > US
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Summary:The government said the Postal Service would not have paid if it had known the cycling team was using banned drugs and blood transfusions to cheat in races. "The allegations against Armstrong were originally brought in a whistleblower complaint filed in June 2010 by Floyd Landis, a former teammate of Armstrong, who admitted that he, too, had participated in PED use as (a) member of the USPS-sponsored team," the statement from the U.S. Justice Department said. Landis will receive $1,100,000 as his share of the settlement." Because of their doping offenses, both Landis and Armstrong were stripped of their victories in the Tour de France --