Lance Armstrong still facing $100million lawsuit

Lance Armstrong's lawyers fail to get Floyd Landis's $100million whistleblower lawsuit dismissed

Lance Armstrong meets the press
(Image credit: WATSON)

Lance Armstrong is still facing a $100million whistleblower doping lawsuit after his lawyers failed to get the case dismissed by a United States federal judge on Thursday.

The lawsuit was brought against Armstrong by former team-mate Floyd Landis and the US Government, who accuse the Texan of defrauding the government by playing a leading role in the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs on the US Postal Service cycling team.

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