Walsh 'unimpressed' with response to doping report

Sunday Times chief sports writer David Walsh has questioned the reaction of UCI president Pat McQuaid to the USADA report on Lance Armstrong.

The 41-year-old American has been stripped of all results from August 1998, including his record run of Tour de France triumphs from 1999 to 2005, following the USADA investigation. It was confirmed this afternoon the decision has been sanctioned by McQuaid and the UCI.

McQuaid was adamant that the 1,000-page report shocked him but Walsh believes that the sentiments expressed by the President could not be possible given the speculation around the US rider.

Walsh told RTÉ: "Pat McQuaid in his statement said the UCI is stripping of his titles. They are not. Lance Armstrong was already stripped of his titles by United States Anti Doping agency which they are entitled to do. What UCI is doing today is ratifying the decision,

"I couldn't be more unimpressed (with Pat McQuaid). Pat McQuaid is giving the impression that this report shocked him. My question to Pat is, 'how could it shock you'?

"All the evidence has been out there for a long time. Floyd Landis sent his e-mails two years ago. Did Pat McQuaid ring up Floyd Landis and say 'Floyd what you're saying is unbelievable. I need to speak to you. I need you to give me details'.

"The UCI has never wanted this (USADA) report" - David Walsh

"If I went back four years before that, in 2006, Frankie Andreu, a former US Postal rider, did an interview with the New York Times where he said I doped to help Lance Armstrong win his first Tour de France in 1999.

"Pat McQuaid was President of UCI at that time. Did he ring up Frankie Andreu and say 'Frankie you doped to help Lance. Was there much doping in the team? Could we speak? Will you tell me more?'

"Frankie Andreu would have told him everything. But the point is Pat McQuaid didn't want to know.

"He said he wasn't impressed and he was thinking of going back and trying to get the prize money that Frankie Andreu won in the 1999 Tour De France. McQuaid wanted to penalise him for telling the truth. The UCI has never wanted this report.

"They have never wanted the honesty that has led to it. They are embarrassed by it now and basically they have thrown Armstrong under the bus, which Armstrong deserves.

"But they haven't done it for the right reasons. They have done it to protect themselves."

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