Lance Armstrong, who is the focus of a federal grand jury probe, encouraged members of his former Team Motorola to use the banned boosting agent EPO, Sports Illustrated has reported.
Stephen Swart, a teammate in 1995, told the magazine the American cyclist urged fellow members of the team to take performance-enhancing drugs, convincing them it was the way to go if they were to become successful.
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