MAASTRICHT, Netherlands — The chief of the International Cycling Union has categorically denied that the sport's governing body ever hid a positive doping test by Lance Armstrong or that the organization ever tipped off the seven-time Tour de France winner ahead of a doping test. Pat McQuaid told delegates at the UCI's annual congress Friday that the organization “has never hidden a positive sample, not just of Lance Armstrong, but of any other athlete.” The UCI has not yet received the US Anti-Doping Agency file of evidence that led it to ban Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven tour titles. — AP
