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Cycling officials have cycling Lance Armstrong for after the cyclist stopped fighting doping charges. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) also said Armstrong should have his seven Tour de France titles away from him. The International Cycling Union (ICA) has not commented on if it will also ban the U.S. cyclist and take away his . Armstrong said he was of fighting those who said he used drugs to his performances while racing. The USADA said the that Armstrong is no longer fighting proves he is guilty. Many in the cycling world still Armstrong is innocent.

The lifetime ban all of his results and victories dating to 1998 will be erased. He won the of millions by defeating cancer in 1996. He then won the Tour de France seven times between 1999 and 2005. Tour de France organisers said they would wait to see what between the USADA and ICA before taking any . Armstrong told reporters the USADA was a corrupt organisation: "If I thought for one that by participating in USADA's , I could confront these allegations in a setting and - once and for all - put these charges to , I would at the chance,” he said.