Lance charged with doping, immediate ban from all sports and he's likely to be stripped of 7 Tour wins (and probably more).
Regarding the Tour wins; there are such things as statutes of limitations, so it's a bit early to presume how many wins he'll lose, and in any case, that'll be down to ASO and/or the UCI to decide.
Lance's ex-teammates confess to doping with the same substances, get 6-month off-season ban.
Anybody else struck by the imbalance here?
First, we have no idea what testimony any of Armstrong's former team-mates have given to either the Grand Jury in the federal investigation, or to USADA. None of the four mentioned in the report have said anything definitive in public.
Jonathan Vaughters has denied that any Garmin riders have been issued with post-dated suspensions* (which covers Dave Z and Christian Vande Velde), and I've seen comments elsewhere to the effect that the story in De Telegraaf smacks of Bruyneel leaking to the press, trying to make USADA look bad. If suspensions have already been issued, I'm sure USADA would have announced them in the proper manner.
One last thing, plea-bargaining is a well-established tactic, on both sides of the Pond, and if it helps to chisel away at the culture of omertà , then I'm all for it.
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see also Mr Bunbury's post above.EDITED -
to correct names of Garmin riders "outed", Leipheimer rides for Omega Pharma-Quickstep.