SYDNEY (AP) — Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong says he is not affected on a daily basis by an ongoing U.S. federal investigation into drug use by cyclists.
In an interview in Thursday’s Sydney Morning Herald — his first newspaper interview since July — Armstrong spoke of problems affecting cycling but would not elaborate on the Food and Drug Administration investigation.
A grand jury in Los Angeles has been hearing evidence from an investigation for months in closed sessions.
Asked about the hearings which were prompted by allegations by disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis, Armstrong told the Herald, “I don’t let it affect me. It has no effect in what I do on a daily basis.”
