Lance Armstrong's doping denials through the years

"They say, 'This is a new guy in the Tour. It can't be. He must be doped.' It's unfortunate." - TV interview on the way to winning his first Tour, in 1999.

Photo: Lance Armstrong of the USA who rides for the US Postal team takes a break before stage fifteen from St Gaudens to Piau-Engaly during the Tour De France on July 20, 1999.

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