Lanced: ‘Undeniable proof’ of Armstrong’s litany of doping

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) last night revealed its “reasoned decision” document, detailing the evidence it has amassed against Lance Armstrong and his US Postal Service team associates who engaged in what USADA calls “the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen”.

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart, in a statement, declared there was “conclusive and undeniable proof” of a team-run doping conspiracy with 11 of Armstrong’s former team-mates testifying against him.

This will be the explanation for their decision to strip the retired cyclist of his seven Tour de France titles, any result he achieved since his comeback from cancer in 1998 and hand him a lifetime ban.