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19 May 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 21:02 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A former teammate of cyclist Lance Armstrong has said the seven-time Tour de France winner used the performance-enhancing drug EPO.<\/p>\n

Tyler Hamilton rode with Armstrong in the US Postal team, and says both men used EPO during the 1999 Tour.<\/p>\n

Lance Armstrong, who has always denied such claims , said on his Twitter page: “Never a failed test. I rest my case.”<\/p>\n

Hamilton served a two-year ban for blood-doping from 2005-2007.<\/p>\n

“I saw [EPO] in his refrigerator. … I saw him inject it more than one time,” Hamilton told the CBS programme 60 Minutes, “like we all did. Like I did, many, many times.”<\/p>\n

Allegations of the use of banned substances by members of the US Postal team are still the subject of an federal investigation in the United States.<\/p>\n

Armstrong has always vehemently denied that he ever used banned substances and he has never failed a drugs test.<\/p>\n

He won the Tour de France for seven consecutive years from 1999-2005.<\/p>\n

He returned to ride in the 2009 race, but earlier this year the 39-year-old announced that he has retired from competitive cycling for good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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