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USADA head Tygart says he received death threats since opening doping case against Armstrong

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FILE - This july 24, 2005 file photo shows overall leader Lance Armstrong signaling seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race, at the start of the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. The chief of world cycling\'s governing body is questioning why American anti-doping authorities have not sent him the file of evidence that prompted them to erase Lance Armstrong\'s seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life. International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid on Saturday, Sept., 22, 2012, said the United States Anti-Doping Agency had not given the UCI a date to expect the details, and he sounded impatient to receive them. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

PARIS – The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says he has received death threats during his investigation of Lance Armstrong.

In an interview with French sports daily L’Equipe on Monday, USADA chief executive Travis Tygart says “the Armstrong affair has prompted death threats against me” and that he received three threats from separate individuals.

In August, Armstrong dropped any further challenges to USADA’s allegations that he took performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France from 1999-2005. A day later, USADA stripped Armstrong of his Tour titles and banned him for life.

The International Cycling Union has yet to ratify USADA’s decision to strip Armstrong, saying it needs to see evidence first.

Tygart says USADA will provide the files to the UCI “by the end of the month.”

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