AFLD accuse Armstrong of breaching anti-doping rules

Lance Armstrong Castilla y Leon 2009

The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has said that Lance Armstrong may have breached international anti-doping rules when he underwent a surprise out of competition blood, urine and hair test on March 17 in the South of France.

According to a statement issued by the AFLD on Thursday lunchtime, Armstrong "did not respect the obligation to stay under direct and permanent observation of the tester as expected under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Code.

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