AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong is relieved the federal
investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and
says he always stayed confident he would not be charged.
Armstrong spoke by phone to The Associated Press on Thursday,
his first interview since prosecutors closed their nearly two-year
investigation last Friday. He says the decision to not bring
charges should end any questions or rumors about doping during his
career.
Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999-2005.
Armstrong says he quietly celebrated the end of the
investigation with his family and a beer at his home in Austin,
Texas.
Armstrong is scheduled to travel to Panama City, Panama this
weekend to compete Sunday in a triathlon. He also says he'll spend
this year supporting an anti-smoking campaign in California.