UCI accepts Armstrong sanctions

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the sport’s world governing body, the UCI, today accepted the findings of the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation.

Armstrong refused to co-operate with USADA, who earlier this month published a 1,000-page report which concluded the Texan and his United States Postal Service team ran “the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen”.