JOHANNESBURG — Lance Armstrong's former US Postal Service teammate, David George, has been banned for two years for doping. The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport said George did not attend a hearing, where his ban was decided. He admitted using the blood-booster EPO last month after failing an out-of-competition test. SAIDS Chief Executive Khalid Galant said: “George claims his EPO doping was isolated to himself and he could not provide us with information in terms of an infrastructure of doping.” George rode on Armstrong's team in 1999 and 2000. Armstrong was banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping. — AP
