Lance Armstrong missed his last chance to appeal against the UCI decision
Thursday marked the last day for the former American cyclist, Lance Armstrong to prove his innocence by appealing against the UCI decision which disqualifies him from all the previous victories in his career including the seven overall Tour de France wins.
The cyclist had to launch an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision that came on December 6, 2012, as Armstrong and his legal counsellors were given a total period of 21 days to challenge the ruling.
The American’s former teammate and author of the book, “The Secret Race”, Tyler Hamilton stated previously that Lance’s silence is only temporary and he will confront the court’s verdict, using his legal team.
He told Stern, "You hear very little from Lance, but I think this will not be a permanent state, I fear Lance will hit back".
Hamilton continued, "I think he is suffering terribly," continued Hamilton. "Lance is a very proud man, he believed, he was like an atlas and he could carry the world on his back and now everything is gone, the glory, the honour, it will be too much... Money,
yes it personally cost him. It will tear Lance apart that he is not a hero anymore".
Tyler Hamilton was amongst the 11 former teammates of Armstrong that were given a reduced six-month ban for their doping confession and helping USADA in building a stronger case against the America.
Other ten cyclists include, Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie.
A recorded testimony of 26 cyclists along with 1000 page evidence by USADA was enough to bring Armstrong down for the count.
He has officially been stripped off by UCI from all his seven consecutive Tour de France overall victories and all other wins since 1998 for using performance enhancing drugs throughout his career.
Armstrong involved Team Doctors, staff and cyclists to achieve to pump his legs up and went unnoticed for over a decade.
It seems like the 41-year-old has accepted its fate and will not challenge the court’s decision to get his previous Tour de France jersey’s back.
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