Anti-doping chief Travis Tygart says let Lance Armstrong ride Tour de France route for charity

The anti-doping chief who compiled the dossier which led to Lance Armstrong’s downfall has no objection to the American returning to the Tour de France this summer.

United States Anti-doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart, whose 2012 report led to Armstrong being banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has no complaints that the 43-year-old intends to ride the Tour route this summer.

Armstrong has told former England footballer Geoff Thomas that he will take part in his charity fundraising mission, riding the Tour route one day ahead of the professional peloton.