US Anti-doping agency USADA banned Lance Armstrong’s former US Postal teammates Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie, Tom Danielson, Michael Barry, and George Hincapie from racing for six months, and disqualified some of their past results.
11 former teammates of Lance Armstrong testified under oath in USADA’s investigation into doping practices carried out by Lance Armstrong and the US Postal team, which found Armstrong guilty of several doping related charges. Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie were part of a 26-strong group that gave written testimonies.
As a result of the investigation, Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and chose not fight the charged leveled at him. The six active former teammates suspended for six months and disqualified some of their past results.
George Hincapie and Michael Barry announced they would retire this season.
Riders banned by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Levi Leipheimer
- Suspension start/end: From September 01, 2012 to February 28, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From June 01, 1999, to July 30, 2006, and from July 7 to July 29, 2007
Voided results
- 1999: 1st Overall Tour de Beauce (1st Stage 3)
- 1999: 2nd Pan American Games Men’s Road Race3rd Sea Otter Classic
- 2000: 1st Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2001: 1st Stage 5 Redlands Bicycle Classic (1st Mountains Classification)
- 2001: 1st Stage 1 Sea Otter Classic
- 2001: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2001:3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 2002: 1st Overall Route du Sud
- 2002: (1st Stage 3-ITT) 8th Overall Tour de France
- 2003: 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2004: 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana
- 2004: 9th Overall Tour de France
- 2005: 1st Overall Deutschland Tour (1st King of the Mountains classification, 1st Stage 4)
- 2005: 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
- 2005: 3rd Overall Dauphiné Libéré
- 2005: 6th Overall Tour de France
- 2006: 1st Overall Dauphiné Libéré
- 2006: 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour (1st Stage 5)
- 2006: 6th Overall Tour of California (1st Prologue, 1st King of the Mountains)
- 2006: 12th Overall Tour de France (Combativity award Stage 18)
- 2007: 3rd Overall Tour de France (1st Stage 19-ITT)
George Hincapie
- Suspension start/end: From September 01, 2012, to February 28, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From May 31, 2004, to July 31, 2006
Voided results
- 2004: 1st Stage 4 TTT Tour de France
- 2004: 8th Paris-Roubaix
- 2004: 10th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2005: 1st Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
- 2005: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1st Prologue & Stage 7)
- 2005: 1st GP Ouest-France
- 2005: 2nd Paris-Roubaix
- 2005: 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2005: 14th Overall Tour de France (1st Stage 4-TTT & 15)
- 2006: 2nd Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux (1st Stage 4-ITT)
- 2006: Tour de France (Held Maillot Jaune from Stages 1-2)
- 2006: 3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen
Christian Vande Velde
- Suspension start/end: From September 09, 2012, to March 08, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From June 04, 2004, to April 31, 2006
Voided results
- 2005: 1st Mountains classification Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 2006: 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2006: 2nd Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 2006: 3rd Stage 14 Tour de France
- 2006: 9th Overall Tour of California
- 2007: 1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
- 2007: 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
- 2007: 6th Overall Tour of California
David Zabriskie
- Suspension start/end: From September. 01, 2012, to February 28, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From June 04, 2004, to April 31, 2006
Voided results
- 2003: 1st Best young rider Quatre Jours de Dunkerque (Four days of Dunkerque)
- 2004: 1st US Elite National Time Trial Championships
- 2004: 1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
- 2004: 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España
- 2005: 1st Stage 1 ITT Tour de France (Held Maillot Jaune from Stages 1-3)
- 2005: 1st Stage 8 ITT Giro d’Italia
- 2005: 1st Stage 4 TTT Tour Méditeranéen
- 2006: 1st USPRO National Time Trial Championships
- 2006: 1st Stage 2 TTT Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
- 2006: 1st Prologue Dauphiné Libéré
- 2006: 1st Stage 3 ITT Dauphiné Libéré
- 2006: 1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
Tom Danielson
- Suspension start/end: From September 01, 2012, to February 28, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From June 04, 2004, to April 31, 2006
Voided results
- 2005: 1st Overall Tour de Georgia (1st Stage 5)
- 2005: 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2006: 1st Overall Tour of Austria
- 2006: 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia (1st Stage 5)
- 2006: 6th Overall Vuelta a España (1st Stage 17)
- 2006: 10th Overall Tirreno-Adriatico
Michael Barry
- Suspension start/end: From September 10, 2012, to March 09, 2013
- Disqualification start/end: From June 04, 2004, to April 31, 2006
Voided results
- 2003: 4th Overall Tour of Georgia
- 2003: 7th UCI World Championships Road Race
- 2004: 1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
- 2005: 6th Overall Österreich-Rundfahrt (1st Stage 1, 1st Points Classification)
- 2005: 8th, Stage 21 Vuelta a España
- 2006: 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
Sources
- Lance Armstrong doping case on Wikipedia
- Lance Armstrong: Five former team-mates banned on the BBC Sport website
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