Armstrong turns up heat on ‘pathetic’ McQuaid

The pressure on embattled UCI president Pat McQuaid to resign increased last night after disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong branded comments made by the Irishman last October as “pathetic”.

In his first interview since he confessed to doping throughout his career on the Oprah Winfrey show almost two weeks ago, Armstrong engaged in an email exchange with Cyclingnews.com, where he spoke at length about the continued fallout.

When asked how McQuaid’s assertion that he had “no place in cycling” made him feel and what his thoughts on the UCI were, Armstrong’s riposte was: “Pat is just in constant CYA [Cover Your Ass] mode. Pathetic.”