Is Floyd Landis lying about Lance Armstrong?

The disgraced cyclist finally admits to doping, and says seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong did it, too. Armstrong denies it — who should we believe?

Some say cyclist Floyd Landis lied about Lance Armstrong.
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After denying doping charges for years, disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis has sent e-mails to sports authorities admitting that he used performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career. Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title, felt compelled to add that other top American cyclists — including seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong — had cheated, too. However, Armstrong, who's long denied doping allegations and never tested positive, said Landis has no proof. "It’s just our word against [his]," Armstrong said, "and we like our word." Who's telling the truth? (Watch an AP report about the bikers' battle)

Floyd Landis has no credibility: Landis' track record is hardly encouraging, says Bob Cesca in The Huffington Post. First, he wrote a book "hilariously titled Positively False" to defend himself against doping allegations, and now he admits the whole thing was a big, fat lie. Yet he wants us to take his word over that of Lance Armstrong, one of "the classiest, most popular riders in the world today"? "Good luck with that, Floyd."

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