Lance Armstrong may be out of contention in this year's Tour de France, but the seven-time champion is certainly not out of the spotlight. Since Armstrong's former teammate Floyd Landis accused him of taking performance-enhancing drugs earlier this year, investigators have been looking into the cyclist's history and performances. Now, prosecutors have served several potential witnesses with grand jury subpoenas, and the allegations that Armstrong consistently dismisses as fraudulent are looking more and more serious. Is cycling's most celebrated athlete about to join the disgraced company of Roger Clemens and Marion Jones — or is this a "witch hunt" engineered by his enemies? (Watch Lance Armstrong discuss this year's Tour de France)
Armstrong will be revealed as a fraud: "I believe Landis," says three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond, quoted in the Montreal Gazette. Armstrong is the "undisputed champion" of manipulating people, and he has some "very serious" questions to answer. This time, the truth will catch up with him. "It's the beginning of the end."
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