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The accusation comes a day after Armstrong filed papers one of the lawsuits against him in
which he states that a prominent Bay Area investment banker who financed Armstrong’s teams
knew those teams were rotten.
USA Today first reported the court documents that could expose the banker, Thom Weisel,
to serious liability in litigation that has already swamped Armstrong and his cronies.
“Mr. Weisel was aware of doping by the USPS Team and in professional cycling in general,
“ Armstrong said in the filing.
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Before that, during his feeble reign as president of cycling’s governing body throughout
the dope-saturated period of 1991-2005, Verbruggen was a vigorous Armstrong backer.
The Dutchman attacked Armstrong’s accusers in the media, accepted cash donations from
the tainted American and even reportedly did personal investment business with Thom
Weisel, the Silicon Valley financier who funded Armstrong’s corrupt Tour de France teams.
On Monday, Armstrong accused Verbruggen of helping minimize the impact of some of Armstrong’s
suspicious drug test results that, if revealed, might have stopped Armstrong’s career before
he could wreak lasting havoc on the sport’s credibility