Verburggen claims Armstrong made his life 'miserable' with false collusion allegations

Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, has said that he is 'totally fed up' with doping-accused cyclist Lance Armstrong's allegations.

According to the Guardian, Verbruggen has dismissed as 'bullshit' Lance Armstrong's claims that he colluded in covering up a positive drug test in 1999.

The American said last month that Verbruggen, desperate to avoid another controversy for the Tour de France a year after the Festina affair, had not only turned a blind eye when Armstrong explained a positive test for cortisone using a backdated prescription for a saddle sore cream, but had actively encouraged the ruse, the report added.

Verbruggen suggested that Armstrong had been motivated by money when making his claims, the report said.

He also said that the stories provoked by Armstrong's claims had caused him a lot of misery, and that they would result in his withdrawal from sport, the report mentioned.