The head of the French anti-doping agency believes Lance Armstrong has missed a chance to prove his critics wrong over allegations of drug use.

Pierre Bordry gave him the opportunity to have samples taken in the 1998 and 1999 Tours de France re-tested.

But the seven-time Tour champion refused to consent to the tests.

"If the analysis is clean it would have been very good for him. But he doesn't Sarkozy honours victims of Nazi atrocity ...
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"It was a good opportunity for him to answer positively to my proposition, because if he is clean, as he says, I am ready to follow him."

The American, who has always vigorously denied any wrongdoing during his cycling career, has announced he will return to the sport in 2009 after a three-year absence.

More soon.

(BBC)

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