US doping chief stunned by 'amazing' Armstrong remarks

Lance Armstrong’s claims that his use of performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career made it a level playing field have been labelled “amazing” and “simply not true” by United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart.

The disgraced Texan, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by the sport’s world governing body the UCI last year, admitted doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month, saying: “That’s like saying we have to have air in our tyres or water in our bottles. It was part of the job.”