lance armstrongTyler Hamilton used to pull Lance Armstrong up mountains, chasing down breakaway threats by other riders and making sure Armstrong was kept out of harm’s wayThat was years ago.Hamilton is finally coming clean about doping in the cycling world, and his version of the truth is anything but helpful to the planet’s most famous cyclist. Once one of Armstrong’s key teammates, Hamilton is casting more doubts on an unparalleled career that some people believe was tainted by drugsIn an interview aired on “60 Minutes,” Sunday, Hamilton said Armstrong not only took performance-enhancing drugs, he also encouraged other cyclists on the U.S. Postal team to take them as part of an extensive doping program designed to keep Armstrong in front at the Tour de France.
He obviously was the biggest rider in the team and he helped to call the shots,” Hamilton said. “He doped himself, you know, like everybody else, but he was just being part of the culture of the sport.In the interview, Hamilton revealed other observations about the U.S. Postal team operation:Team leaders, including doctors and managers, encouraged and supervised dopinDoping was going on inside the U.S. Postal team even before Armstrong joined in 199Performance-enhancing drugs, including EPO and human growth hormone, were handed out to cyclists in white lunch bagsTeam.
members were met at the airport, driven to hotels, told to lie down and give blood that could be transfused back into their bodies at a later datHamilton said he held onto the secret for a long time, but decided it was time to tell the truth. This was his first public admission that he doped throughout his career. He said he has provided the same testimony to a Los Angeles-based grand jury looking into the Armstrong caseI feel bad that I had to go here and do this,” Hamilton said. “But I think at end of the day, like I said, long-term, the sport’s going to be better for it.”
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