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Headlines, we thought, wait a minute, wasnt armstrong facing other doping allegations? and how does this tie into that? >> reporter: jenna, yes the justice department had been investigating lance armstrong for possible doping related crimes but that probe ended this past february. thats what we heard about it then and federal prosecutors brought no charges against him. this time the u.s. anti-doping agency, usada claiming armstrong cheated by using banned substances over the fours of 14 years. a...

Consistent with drug manipulation," to improve performance. a statement says "we only initiates matters supported by the evidence. we do not coups whether we do our job based on outside pressures, intimidation, or for any other reason other than the evidence." the agency cannot bring any kind of legal or criminal charges against armstrong, but as you said it can take appear his seven tour de france titles if the charges are proven. >>shepard: i thought he was cleared. >>reporter: the justice dep...

Punishments that would be possible. armstrong thinks they agency quote has a vendetta against him. is there any evidence for that? >> reporter: the agency he says is dredging up discredited allegations motivated by spike. he points out the justice department ended a two year investigation of him in february that did not yield any charges. still, as he always maintained armstrong said in a statement, quote, i have never doped. unlike many of my accusers i have competed as an endurance athlete wit...

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He said he was giving up the fight against usada, but he still seemed defiant. he said the odds were stacked against me. these guys were out to screw me. i was denied due process. there was never a hint, even a subtle off-the-record hint, that something was amiss and there really was a reason behind his wanting to give up the fight. so i bought it. i said i still believe in lance, i still felt he was a hero despite the blood doping. i assumed he did it, but because of the foundation and overcomi...

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Maybe they would lift the lifetime ban they had imposed upon him. the second thing he had to do was build public sympathy. try to remind people why they fell in love with lance armstrong in the first place. on the first front, failed miserably. he actually drew a line through the heart of the usada report. the heart of the report said that lance armstrong was actually a doping ringleader, that he wasnt just another cyclist who used peds, but that he organized his team to actually use dope. >> he...