Lance Armstrong´s legal team has requested that Greg LeMond and Betsy Andreu be excluded from providing evidence as part of the US federal government´s fraud case against him, which is due to go to trial in November. Armstrong´s attorneys are also seeking to prevent USADA´s 2012 Reasoned Decision, which detailed his doping and saw him stripped of his seven Tour de France wins, from being presented as evidence in the case. The federal government is suing Armstrong on behalf on the US Postal Service, which is seeking the return of the $32.3 million that Armstrong´s team received in sponsorship between 2000 and 2004. The final figure could be tripled under the False Claims Act if it is decreed that the sponsorship was obtained fraudulently due to Armstrong´s doping. As the whistle blower in the federal case, Floyd Landis stands to receive a portion of the damages if the government´s case is successful.ADVERTISEMENT According to USA Today, Armstrong´s attorneys from the Keker Van Nest & Peter firm have filed documents objecting to LeMond and Andreu serving as witnesses in November´s trial. LeMond and Andreu were among those to accuse Armstrong of doping long before his belated confession in January 2013. `While LeMond is well-versed in the prevalence of doping throughout the sport during the relevant time period (1997-2004) and still owns the record for the fastest time trial in Tour de France history, he has no personal knowledge regarding Armstrong, the USPS sponsorship agreement, or invoices submitted for sponsorship payments,` Armstrong´s legal team wrote of LeMond. A similar objection was lodged against Betsy Andreu, the wife of Armstrong´s former teammate Frankie. `She has been and remains a long-time vocal critic of Armstrong, appearing on television whenever possible to criticize him, and attributing to Armstrong her husband´s lack of greater success in his career after being a cyclist,` Armstrong´s attorneys wrote. `She has no relevant testimony to off ...
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