Lance Armstrong

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** FILE ** In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

** FILE ** In this July 20, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, left, of Austin, Texas, talks with Tour de France vice director general Christian Prudhomme, of France, before Prudhomme gave the official start for the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Revel, southwestern France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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**FILE** In this photo provided Jan. 14, 2013, by Harpo Studios Inc., talk show host Oprah Winfrey (right) interviews Lance Armstrong during taping for the show "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive" in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc.)

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Cyclist Lance Armstrong is interviewed by talk-show host Oprah Winfrey on Monday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harpo Studios Inc., George Burns)

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Cyclist Floyd Landis filed a whistleblower lawsuit saying former teammate Lance Armstrong defrauded the federal government by using performance-enhancing drugs and overseeing other riders doing the same, thereby violating the terms of a U.S. Postal Service sponsorship contract. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Lance Armstrong attends the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Sept. 22, 2010. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong gestures for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race before the final stage between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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** FILE ** In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)