“Today I am disappointed for Lance and for cycling in general, that things have reached such a point that Lance has had enough and no longer wants to challenge the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) campaign against him,” said Bruyneel.

“Lance has never withdrawn from a fair fight in his life so his decision today underlines what an unjust process this has been,” he said on his website johanbruyneel.com.u00a0

Johan Bruyneel