Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has told Sky News that there can now be no doubt that Lance Armstrong was a drugs cheat.
A devastating report by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) into the conduct of the seven-times Tour de France champion concluded that he was at the centre of the most sophisticated doping scheme in the history of sport.
Wiggins said the evidence against Armstrong, still regarded as a sporting icon by some, is "irrefutable".
Armstrong has been stripped of all his Tour de France titles by Usada and banned from the sport for life after the organisation claimed - based partly on the evidence of 11 fellow cyclists - that he orchestrated "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen".
The 41-year-old American denies all the allegations, but Wiggins told Sky News: "It's pretty damning stuff. It is pretty jaw-dropping the amount of people who have testified against him.
"It is certainly not a one-sided hatchet job, it is pretty damning. I am shocked at the scale of the evidence.
"I have been involved in pro cycling for a long time and I realise what it takes to train and win the Tour de France.
"I'm not surprised by it...I had a good idea what is going on."
But Wiggins defended his sport, insisting that cycling had since changed.
"A lot of this stuff happened nearly 15 years ago, the sport has changed considerably."
He added that it was extremely sad for the Tour de France.
"This historical race is going to be without a winner for seven years. ...I mean what happens to those history books."
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