REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODEAND THE USADA PROTOCOL REASONED DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES ANTI-DOPING AGENCY ONDISQUALIFICATION AND INELIGIBILITY On August 24, 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced it hadimposed a sanction of lifetime ineligibility and disqualification of competitive results achievedsince August 1, 1998, on United States athlete Lance Armstrong. Mr. Armstrongs sanction wasannounced at that time by USADA because Mr. Armstrong had notified USADA that he wasrefusing to contest the evidence against him in a hearing before neutral arbitrators.Pursuant to Article 8.3 of the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code), after a sanction isannounced because the sanctioned party has failed to challenge the charges against the party, theAnti-Doping Organization with results management authority shall submit to the entities withappeal rights a reasoned decision explaining the action taken. This document, therefore, setsforth USADAs reasoned decision describing evidence of Mr. Armstrongs rule violations (theReasoned Decision), and is being sent to the Union Cycliste International (UCI), the WorldAnti-Doping Agency (WADA), and the World Lees hier verder