Yates says that Armstrong was treated unfairly
Tinkoff-Saxo directeur sportif Sean Yates has told the BBC that his former teammate Lance Armstrong has been unfairly punished following the detailed USADA investigation that covered evidence of systematic doping on his US Postal Service team.
Armstrong was banned for life following the publication of USADA’s Reasoned Decision in October 2012 and he confessed to doping in a televised interview the following January.
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“Lance was the big figure that they hunted down, along with others obviously, but he was the stand-out figure and he took the brunt of the publicity and the brunt of the blame, unfairly in my opinion,” Yates said. “Obviously people will make up their own minds somewhere down the road but that may be a few years to come yet.”
Yates stepped down as a directeur sportif at Team Sky and announced his retirement in October 2012 only to return with Tinkoff-Saxo this season, where he will be in Alberto Contador’s corner against his former charge Chris Froome.
“Last year they both fell off which was not good for the Tour de France and that enabled [Vincenzo] Nibali to win but I think they are a level above,” Yates said of Contador and Froome. “Hopefully they both stay on their bikes this year and it’s a good clean fight, and may the best man win.”
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