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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. The United States Anti-Doping Agency is set to send a report detailing its “reasoned decision” to order the results from 14 years of Armstrong’s career erased, including his seven Tour de France titles, and ban him from cycling for life because of the doping case against him to the International Cycling Union, the sport’s governing body. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

USADA to release Armstrong details; testimony from 11 former teammates helped build case

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says 11 of Lance Armstrong’s former teammates testified against him in its investigation of the cyclist, revealing “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.”

USADA will deliver its reasoned decision against Armstrong later Wednesday, a summary of the facts it used to hand him a lifetime suspension and erase his seven Tour de France titles.

In a news release previewing the decision, USADA CEO Travis Tygart listed 11 of Armstrong’s former teammates, including George Hincapie, Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton, as among those providing evidence that led to the sanction.

In delivering the report to the International Cycling Union, Tygart called for the federation to create a program to help clean up the sport.

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