Yeah, after 2 Federal investigations (that turned up nothing) and the French all up in his business for over 10 years and a Federal judge questioning the motives of the USADA - I guess he finally had enough.

And, because Carl Lewis questioned Usaine Bolt's performance (or rather, Jamaican drug testing) we should start investigating him now?

And no, I'm not a fan of Armstrong's


>There's a lot of links in this story for those who are interested but the bottom line is this. Lance Armstrong is a cheat. He has always been a cheat and will go down in history as one of the greatest frauds in sports.
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>Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports early Friday and was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles after deciding to abandon his long fight against charges he led a sophisticated doping conspiracy throughout his career.
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> Armstrong announced Thursday night that he would disregard a midnight deadline the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had given him to challenge the results of USADA's two-year investigation of his legendary cycling teams, a probe that determined Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions.
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>http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/lance-armstrong-stripped-tour-de-france-titles-lifetime-ban-olympic-sports-drops-doping-appeal-article-1.1143295
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>Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond now becomes the only American man to have won cycling’s hardest race. LeMond declined to comment, but his wife, Kathy LeMond, issued a one-word statement on her Twitter account: “Finally.”
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>Well said Kathy.