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The Garmin three all co-operated with USADA, but still had their results annulled and got a ban. Armstrong didn't co-operate, the opposite in fact as he used his political connections to try and stop US Government funding to USADA, and his transgressions were far more serious, hence the longer ban. Surely you can see that?
The WADA code explicitly allows for reducing suspensions for co-operation, hence why the Garmin three only got six months.