he s immediately banned from competing in triathlons which he s taken up since retiring from bicycle. he said i have been notified usada intends to dredge up discredited allegations dating back more than 16 years to prevent me from competing as a triathlete and try to strip me of the seven tour de france victories i earned. these are the same charges and same witnesses the justice department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation. these charges are baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought for and paid for by promises of anonymity. lance armstrong has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs before, but the doping agency said they collected blood samples in 2009 and 2010 that were, quote, fully consistent with blood manipulation, including epo or blood transfusions. what do you make of that? first of all, i don t think saying you ve never tested positive as an athlete really means anything. we ve heard that with marianne jon