Lance Armstrong ironically hit out at International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson yesterday for failing to take the tough approach on doping that he promised.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012 for doping offences but now feels that Cookson is being too lenient on his mission to clean up the sport.

The disgraced cyclist recently said he should be forgiven for his past crimes but that if he had the chance he would do it again, yet he wants a commission to overturn his lifetime ban from cycling.