Agency strives for Armstrong bonus

DALLAS — Lance Armstrong’s management agency said it provided clean drug test results more than a month ago to a company withholding a $5 million bonus owed Armstrong for winning a record sixth consecutive Tour de France.

“Lance has made it unambiguously clear that he does not use, nor has he ever used, performance-enhancing drugs,” said a statement issued Friday night by Capital Sports and Entertainment, the Austin, Texas-based agency that manages Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Cycling Team. “The baseless and mean-spirited doping allegations against Lance are not supported by any facts.”

In refusing to release the money, SCA Promotions Inc. of Dallas has cited allegations in a French book that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs and said the company needs to investigate the claims by reviewing Armstrong’s medical records.

Chris Compton, an attorney for SCA, said Thursday, “We’ve requested (drug) test results to disprove the allegations — clean test results that should be easily attainable.”

But Friday’s statement refuted what the management agency labeled “SCA’s disingenuous and self-serving quote.

“SCA is not interested in valid and authenticated ‘testing results,’ ” the statement said.

SCA has demanded “every medical record and medical provider of Mr. Armstrong; his complete medical history; all records of all Armstrong’s past bonus awards; and all contracts” involving Armstrong and a number of individuals and entities, the statement said.