Armstrong writing letters to drop the Spanish into it. He was worried about Mayo so wanted him slowed down by anti-doping.
Level-playing field indeed.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/jun04/jun08news2
Baal also reveals that defending Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong had sent a letter to ASO and the UCI several days prior to the 2003 Tour raising suspicion of a possible use of synthetic haemoglobin by certain riders in the peloton.
On the eve of the second stage of the Dauphiné Libéré in France, US Postal Service spokesman Jörg Muller confirmed that Lance Armstrong did send an e-mail to the Tour de France, UCI, and WADA warning of a specific doping method, as described in former Tour adjunct director Daniel Baal's new book, released Tuesday.
Despite insinuations by the French newspaper Le Monde that Armstrong's concern over the possible use of synthetic haemoglobin (derived from bovine blood) in the peloton was directed at his Spanish rivals in particular, Baal and the team both insist that the message was one of general interest and not an attack by the American.
"I saw the e-mail with my own eyes and there was nothing mean-spirited in Armstrong's message," Baal said, quoted in Tuesday's l'Equipe. "He said it in his usual fashion: Do what you can to look into this product..."
US Postal added that "He never accused the Spanish. We're surprised that the information would come out like that, as it can only spark a fight between the riders."