Armstrong lanced by Tour boss after drug claims

LANCE ARMSTRONG is locked in a war of words with the director of the Tour de France as he continues to fight claims he used blood-boosting drugs in 1999.

French newspaper L’Equipe alleged earlier this week that signs of EPO were detected in samples of Armstrong’s urine given during the 1999 race.

Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc said: “What L’Equipe revealed shows me I was fooled. We were all fooled.”