" Armstrong said, speculating on Fiennes' thought process: "Because I've never played anything like that before, it's going to be hard for me and it's going to be different.
With his victories wiped clean from the record books, race organizers and former sponsors can now begin the process of recovering payments previously made to Armstrong for winning those events.
Armstrong said no generation was ever "clean, " and the best way forward is a truth and reconciliation process offering amnesty to riders and officials who detail doping in the sport.