Former Armstrong friend Betsy Andreu says she’s spoken to federal investigators

Wife of former Armstrong teammate speaks to feds

LOS ANGELES — The wife of one of Lance Armstrong’s former teammates says she has spoken to a federal agent investigating the seven-time Tour de France winner and other cyclists.

Betsy Andreu is the wife of former Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu. She says she spoke with Food and Drug Administration agent Jeff Novitzky about Armstrong, but declined to discuss details.

She says her husband has also talked to Novitzky.

Betsy Andreu has claimed that Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in a hospital room in 1996 while battling cancer. The allegations have surfaced before, including in a lawsuit involving Tour winner and Armstrong critic Greg LeMond, who has said he turned over 70,000 pages of records in the case to investigators.

Andreu’s contact with federal investigators was first reported Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times.

A phone message left for Armstrong’s attorney, Bryan D. Daly, was not immediately returned.