Lance Armstrong's time as a cyclist may be over, but he hasn't forgotten about those he believes are responsible for the demise of his career.
Armstrong has recently begun distributing subpoenas to the witnesses whose testimony he hopes to use to fend off a whistleblower lawsuit brought that could cost Armstrong and his associates up to $100 million, the Daily News reports.
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Among those subpoenaed was Frankie Andreu, Armstrong's former teammate on the U.S. Postal Service cycling team. Armstrong and his lawyers are interested in discussions that took place between Andreu and Jeff Novitzky, criminal investigator for the Food and Drug Administration who uncovered evidence of Armstrong's wrongdoing.
"This shows that Armstrong will stop at nothing to continue the Armstrong lie," Betsy Andreu, Frankie's wife, told the Daily News. "This is nothing more than payback. It's to be burdensome and to hassle us. But you know what, in the end, it's just stupid."
The law firm behind the subpoenas, Keker and Van Nest, has been successful against Novitzky in the past. The firm won an appellate ruling against Novitzky in 2009 while representing the MLB players' union in legal action over the BALCO drug scandal.
Armstrong and his lawyers also are interested in Andreu's communications with three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond and Floyd Landis, a former Armstrong teammate who initially filed the False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit.
In February 2011, Armstrong announced his retirement from competitive cycling. Later in August 2012, Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by cycling's governing body and given a lifetime ban in one of the biggest doping conspiracies in sports history.
Armstrong recently told the BBC that he would not use performance-enhancing drugs if he was competing now, but would most likely cheat again if he could go back 20 years.