Another day, another drugs story. Tyler Hamilton has not only confessed to his previously protested drug use during an interview for America�s highly rated �60 Minutes� but has also sworn that his former US Postal team-mate Lance Armstrong was similarly involved in illegal doping. Hamilton who has, until now, always steadfastly denied any wrong doing despite a two year ban between 2005 and 2007 now readily admits that he cheated and, in a letter to friends and family ahead of the US documentary (that he has now made public), states: �During my cycling career, I knowingly broke the rules. I used performance-enhancing drugs. I lied about it, over and over.� With regards Armstrong and in reference to his Tour de France participation between 1999 and 2001 Hamilton reports in the interview that, “I saw (EPO) in his (Armstrong�s) refrigerator. … I saw him inject it more than one time, like we all did. Like I did, many, many times,”
Armstrong has been quick to refute the allegations, claiming that Hamilton is merely looking for salacious stories in order to make money from a book deal, and writing on Twitter concluded: “20+ year career. 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.”
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have confirmed that they are looking into Hamilton�s confessions and may consider stripping him of his 2004 gold medal.
