Armstrong: former cycling president was involved in doping cover-up

Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen could be called before the independent commission investigating historical doping allegations and claims of complicity to the top of world cycling.

Armstrong: former cycling president was involved in doping cover-up

Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen could be called before the independent commission investigating historical doping allegations and claims of complicity to the top of world cycling.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong claimed in The Daily Mail on Monday that Verbruggen was involved in a cover up over a positive test for a steroid in 1999, the year he won his first of seven Tours de France.

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