FILE-This July 24, 2005 file photo shows Lance Armstrong, left, and Johan Bruyneel, sporting director of the Discovery team, posing on the Champs Elysees during a victory parade after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Team staff, including director Bruyneel, "seemed to have an outstanding early warning system regarding drug tests," Jonathan Vaughters testified. "We typically seemed to have an hour's advance notice", plenty of time for riders to manipulate their blood with infusions of saline solution to make it look normal. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati,dapd,File)
FILE-This July 24, 2005 file photo shows Lance Armstrong, left, and Johan Bruyneel, sporting director of the Discovery team, posing on the Champs Elysees during a victory parade after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Team staff, including director Bruyneel, "seemed to have an outstanding early warning system regarding drug tests," Jonathan Vaughters testified. "We typically seemed to have an hour's advance notice", plenty of time for riders to manipulate their blood with infusions of saline solution to make it look normal. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati,dapd,File)
BRUSSELS (AP) ? Johan Bruyneel intends to fight charges he was a central figure in doping programs within Lance Armstrong's teams provided his defense hasn't been "permanently prejudiced" by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's accusations.
Armstrong's former manager was a key figure in USADA's damning report into massive doping undertaken in American cycling teams he oversaw. While Armstrong chose not to contest the USADA charges, Bruyneel is opting for arbitration.
Bruyneel, who left the RadioShack-Nissan team last week, says "I will continue to be involved in legal proceedings relating to USADA's proposed charges as long as I believe that I am still able to receive a fair hearing."
The Belgian is "still stunned" at the charges USADA leveled against him and will provide a "balanced account of events" after his defense is heard.
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