USADA set to strip Armstrong of seven Tour De France titles

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): The US Anti Doping Agency (USADA) would strip seven times Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong from his titles after the champion cyclist declared he was finished fighting the drug charges that threaten his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists of all time.Travis Tygart, USADAs chief executive, made it clear that Armstrong would also be hit with a lifetime ban today. Armstrong dropped any further challenges to USADAs allegations that he took performance enhancing drugs to win cyclings premier event from 1999 2005 on Thursday night, and declared USADA has no authority to strip him of his titles.

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