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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/23/18DLFI.St.138.jpeg|435AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Cyclist Lance Armstrong addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride at the Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors. Armstrong has recently been accused of leading "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen" according to USADA officials. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/23/1dzBj8.St.138.jpeg|421LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 22: Floyd Landis looks on as he attends Stage Seven of the 2010 Tour of California on May 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/23/WFK4Q.St.138.jpeg|525In this photo taken, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, speaks during an interview at his office in Colorado Springs, Colo. As head of the USADA, his mission is to make sports a sanctuary for finding out who's most talented and who worked the hardest, not who's the best cheater. Most recently, that mission has led him to spearhead the case that's ended Lance Armstrong’s cycling and triathlon careers. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/24/A53Tv.St.138.jpeg|420FILE -- Cyclist David Zabriskie, who said being pushed to use drugs was one of the worst experiences of his life, at his home in Westoowd, Calif., May 12, 2010. Through detailed testimony from riders like Zabriskie and Travis Tygart, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency built a case against Lance Armstrong. (Christine Cotter/The New York Times)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/24/6jLdn.St.138.jpeg|485ST ETIENNE, FRANCE: US Frankie Andreu leads a breakaway group 08 March 2000 during the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race between Trevoux and St Etienne. Andreu is third in the overall classification. (IMAGE ELECTRONIQUE) (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/24/VLiiT.St.138.jpeg|410SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 14: Tyler Hamilton of the USA and riding for Rock Racing rides to 71st place in the Prologue of the AMGEN Tour of California on February 14, 2009 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/24/hvjtv.St.138.jpeg|474SACRAMENTO, CA - MAY 15: (L-R) Levi Leipheimer of the USA riding for the Team Radio Shack talks with his director Johan Bruyneel prior to a training ride in preparation for the 2010 Tour of California on May 15, 2010 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/24/aMdGs.St.138.jpeg|421NEVADA CITY, CA - MAY 16: Andrew Messick, President of AEG Sports, prepares for the start of Stage One of the 2010 Tour of California from Nevada City to Sacramento on May 16, 2010 in Nevada City, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/25/qqyxN.St.138.jpeg|525MILAN, ITALY - UNDATED: Michael Barry of Team Sky poses for a portrait session ahead of the 2012 road season at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/25/PyQY2.St.138.jpeg|525US team Radioshack's manager Johan Bruyneel attends a presentation of the cycling Leopard Trek team in Bereldange on February 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS (Photo credit should read JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/25/3UFjB.St.138.jpeg|423ROUEN, FRANCE - JULY 05: Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports and director of Garmin-Sharp, gives a statement to the media prior to the start of stage five of the 2012 Tour de France from Rouen to Saint-Quentin on July 5, 2012 in Rouen, France. It is reported that Vaughters and four others have agreed to give evidence to the US Anti Doping Agency in the latest investigation of Lance Armstrong. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/25/1NjzV.St.138.jpeg|414COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - AUGUST 24: Tom Danielson riding for Garmin-Sharp takes the podium after defending the king of the mountains jersey in stage five of the USA Pro Challenge from Breckenridge to Colorado Springs on August 24, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/26/16c0k.St.138.jpeg|415DENVER, CO - AUGUST 26: George Hincapie riding for BMC Racing waves to the crowd as he comes to the finish for the last time in his professional career during the individual time trial during stage seven of the USA Pro Challenge on August 26, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/26/JKtZd.St.138.jpeg|416ASPEN, CO - AUGUST 22: Christian Vande Velde of the USA riding for Garmin-Sharp puts on the race leader's yellow jersey after earning it in stage three of the USA Pro Challenge from Gunnison to Aspen on August 22, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/26/IGtWb.St.138.jpeg|525Andre Birotte Jr., the United States Attorney for the Central District of California holds up an enlarged copy of a marijuana magazine cover that cites California as the must profitable state for marijuana sales during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Birotte Jr. and the three other California based U.S. attorneys, including Melinda Haag of the northern district, right, announced they have stepped up and coordinated an effort to curtail both marijuana cultivation and retail sales conducted under the cover of California's 15-year-old medical marijuana law .(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/GzOJz.St.138.jpeg|525Lance Armstrong, chairman and founder at LIVESTRONG, speaks about Survivorship: changing the way the world fights cancer, during the World Cancer Congress, held August 29 2012 in Montreal, Quebec. The event held every two years, represents a unique platform for the international cancer control community to meet, discuss, share, learn and connect in order to find solutions to reduce the impact of cancer on communities around the world. AFP PHOTO / ROGERIO BARBOSA (Photo credit should read ROGERIO BARBOSA/AFP/GettyImages)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/J7G63.St.138.jpeg|420FILE - This July 25, 1999, file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of the U.S. left, riding down the Champs Elysees avenue with teammates, from left, Frankie Andreu, of the U.S., George Hincapie of the U.S., and Pascal Derame, of France, after the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race, in Paris. Armstrong, the superstar cyclist, whose stirring victories after his comeback from cancer helped him transcend sports, chose not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. That was his last option in his bitter fight with USADA and his decision set the stage for the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the record books of the sport he once ruled. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/59lPR.St.138.jpeg|525A poster of cyclist Lance Armstrong adorns a wall at Mellow Johnny's bike shop on October 18, 2012 in Austin, Texas. Anti-cancer charity Livestrong Cahirman Lance Armstrong announced October 17, 2012 he was stepping down as head of the foundation following the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report that Armstrong and his team used performance drugs. AFP PHOTO/Aaron M. Sprecher (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/mOexj.St.138.jpeg|451This series compiled on June 14, 2012 shows seven file pictures clockwise from upper left taken in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist Lance Armstrong posing on the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cylcing race. The 2005 frame showing seven fingers (meaning seven victories) was made during the 92nd Tour de France. American cyclist Lance Armstrong will be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and slapped with a lifetime ban, a spokesman for the US Anti-Doping Agency told AFP on August 23, 2012. The agency said Armstrong will be banned from cycling for life and lose the Tour de France titles he won from 1999-2005. The decision came after Armstrong decided to discontinue his fight against USADA's charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs. AFP PHOTO / FILES/ JAVIER SORIANO / JOEL SAGET / FRANCK FIFE / PATRICK KOVARICK / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO,FRANCK FIFE,PATRICK KOVARIK,MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/GettyImages)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/fyAoX.St.138.jpeg|415International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid (L) gestures during a press conference announcing the decision about the fate of US cyclist Lance Armstrong on October 22, 2012 in Geneva. Armstrong was banned on October 22 by the UCI as the world cycling body upheld an earlier doping sanction handed to the seven-times Tour de France champion. McQuaid said the UCI would strip Armstrong of all of his Tour de France titles, adding "Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling." AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/27/NIW2y.St.138.jpeg|421French director of Tour de France cycling race, Christian Prudhomme, answers journalists' questions on October 22, 2012 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, after US cyclist Lance Armstrong was banned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as the world cycling body upheld an earlier doping sanction handed to the seven-times Tour de France champion. The UCI said it would not contest sanctions already handed down by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), stripping the cancer survivor of all of his results since August 1998 and earning him a ban for life. AFP PHOTO / MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/24/23/28/Z9iSw.St.138.jpeg|416A picture taken on October 23, 2012 during a show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, shows the tweeter website of US cyclist Lance Armstrong. The phrase "7-time Tour de France winner" evaporated from his @lancearmstrong profile, along with a reference to triathlon, in which he is also now banned from elite competition as a drug cheat. Armstrong's epic fall concluded on October 22 with the loss of seven Tour de France titles, leaving cycling with a gaping hole in its record book and grasping for a way to move past a drug-tainted era. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
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