BANNED FOR LIFE: Lance Armstrong To Be Stripped Of Tour De France Titles Over Doping Charges

[DanTex]

88. US Anti-Doping Agency

They are officially responsible for the US implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code. From what I understand, the UCI, the governing body of cycling, has signed on to the WADA code, and thus they have to accept USADAs findings.

There may be a little room for Armstrong to try and fight this through the UCI. But it won't be so easy. The UCI is already seen by many as corrupt, and complicit in covering up for Armstrong (for example, Armstrong has donated $125,000 to UCI over the course of his career, and accepting this money is a pretty big conflict of interest for UCI). If they step in and try to overrule the agency which they had previously delegated the responsibility of doping controls to, in order to protect their star, it will look pretty bad.

At least that's what I've heard.