UCI could respond 'any time' to Armstrong report
By DANIELLA MATARBy DANIELLA MATAR, Associated Press?
?FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong wears a Nike logo on his jersey prior to the start of the 21st and final stage of the Tour de france cycling race, between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong wears a Nike logo on his jersey prior to the start of the 21st and final stage of the Tour de france cycling race, between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, carries the United States flag and wears a jersey with Nike logos during a victory parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, after winning his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race. Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
FILE - This Aug. 24, 2009 file photo shows Lance Armstrong during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Armstrong said Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of its founder's problems. The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
MILAN (AP) ? Cycling's governing body says it could respond "at any time" to allegations by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was a serial drug cheat.
The International Cycling Union received the USADA's report last week and has until Oct. 31 to decide whether to appeal the anti-doping agency's decision to strip Armstrong of his Tour titles to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani told The Associated Press on Thursday its decision "could happen as early as tomorrow."
He adds "from now on be very careful, because the UCI decision could be any time."
The USADA report has already cost Armstrong key sponsors, including Nike and Anheuser-Busch. Armstrong also stepped down on Wednesday as chairman of the Livestrong cancer charity he founded.
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