Lance Armstrong, U.S. government spar over upcoming trial evidence

Lance Armstrong’s $100 million fraud trial is months away, yet his fight with the U.S. government and former teammate-turned-rival Floyd Landis is heating up.

Armstrong wants to bar testimony and evidence from some of his most dogged critics, including the blistering U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that led to his downfall and former Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, who now stands as the only American to have officially won the race.

Landis, who tipped investigators to Armstrong’s cheating back in 2010, wants to prevent Armstrong from telling jurors about his own doping history and motivation to file a lawsuit that could put more than $20 million in his pocket.

Trial is scheduled for November in federal court in Washington, and lawyers for both sides recently filed motions asking U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to exclude some key evidence.

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