Former doctor rubbishes claims of Landis

Luis Garcia del Moral, the chief doctor of Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service team when he conquered the Tour de France five times, has dismissed accusations against Lance Armstrong by Floyd Landis about use of banned drugs in the past.

Armstrong was accused of indulging into blood doping by Landis, which was vehemently denied by the seven-time Tour champion.

From Guardian.co.uk:

Del Moral, who oversaw the team's medical staff from 1999 to 2003, said he never witnessed any doping programmes during his time with the Johan Bruyneel-led American team.

Landis has accused Armstrong of blood doping, which the seven-times Tour champion denies.

Del Moral said Landis's allegations were "a joke" and that he was not aware of any cheating, saying: "I don't know anything about all of this." Del Moral said he would answer questions for federal investigators should he be summoned.

Professional sports have seen many link-ups between steroids and sports that are often without any concrete evidence and this case seems to fall in the same category.