Lance Armstrong has been granted another 30 days by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to contest charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs while winning a record seven Tours de France with the US. Postal and Discovery teams.
The original deadline for Armstrong to either accept the USADA penalty or to file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport was Saturday. The penalties would likely be giving up all his Tour titles and being banned from sports for life.
Armstrong filed a lawsuit Monday claiming the USADA had no jurisdiction and was violating his civil rights. This suit was dismissed the same day, but Armstrong’s lawyers filed another suit making the same claims. The extension will give Armstrong time to pursue legal options.
In all his years of cycling Armstrong never failed a blood test. The USADA’s case is based mostly on the testimony of Armstrong’s teammate Floyd Landis, who himself was stripped of his Tour de France title after failing a drug test.
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