Washington — A federal judge cleared the way on Monday for a US government lawsuit that is seeking nearly $100m in damages from former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong to go to trial, court papers show. The US Justice Department has accused Armstrong of defrauding the government by accepting millions of dollars in sponsorship money from the US Postal Service (USPS) as he led the team to a string of Tour de France victories while doping. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour titles and banned for life from the sport in 2012 by the US Anti-Doping Agency after it accused him in a report of having engineered one of the most sophisticated doping schemes in sports. Nicole Navas, a justice department spokeswoman, declined to comment. Eliot Peters, an attorney for Armstrong, did not respond to a request for comment. Armstrong, who had long denied using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), admitted to doping in January 2013. Armstrong’s former teammate, Floyd Landis, originally brought...
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