Italian paper reports the cyclist paid banned doctor through front company.
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The Lance Armstrong saga continues, as new reports suggest a connection between the cyclist and an Italian doctor who’d been banned for life from the Italian Cycling Federation for doping. Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera writes that Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner who’s been accused of doping, paid the disgraced physician through a Swiss front company. The doctor has been linked to a doping ring that allegedly involved several other professional cyclists.
