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Police say Lance Armstrong crashed into parked cars and then let his girlfriend take the blame

The former Tour champ was on his way from ‘a night of partying’.

AUTHORITIES SAY DISGRACED cyclist Lance Armstrong hit two parked cars after a night of partying in Aspen but agreed to let his girlfriend take the blame to avoid national attention.

Police say they cited Armstrong after the 28 December hit-and-run but only after his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, admitted to lying for him.

Police say Hansen told them she had been driving home from a party when she lost control of Armstrong’s SUV, hitting the cars. But Hansen eventually told officers Armstrong was driving, and they both decided to let her take the blame.

Armstrong declined immediate comment, and his attorney didn’t immediately return a call.

Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles after admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs to win them all from 1999 to 2005.

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