Armstrong contends that the USADA doesn’t have the authority to strip him of the titles.
Armstrong’s lawsuit fighting the agency’s right to bring the charges was dismissed in Austin earlier this week.
Regardless of who is in the right, Armstrong’s supporters rallied on Facebook and Twitter. Most of their venom appeared to be directed at the USADA; the agency’s name and the name of its director, Travis Tygart, were trending on Twitter.
Armstrong was collecting roughly ten postings of support per minute on Facebook, with only a handful declaring him to be a “cheat” — and that was before he’d even posted his statement, which collected more than 4,000 Likes in half an hour.
There was no immediate reaction from Armstrong’s media company, Livestrong.
Armstrong’s lawsuit fighting the agency’s right to bring the charges was dismissed in Austin earlier this week.
Regardless of who is in the right, Armstrong’s supporters rallied on Facebook and Twitter. Most of their venom appeared to be directed at the USADA; the agency’s name and the name of its director, Travis Tygart, were trending on Twitter.
Armstrong was collecting roughly ten postings of support per minute on Facebook, with only a handful declaring him to be a “cheat” — and that was before he’d even posted his statement, which collected more than 4,000 Likes in half an hour.
There was no immediate reaction from Armstrong’s media company, Livestrong.
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