MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky.---The United States Anti-Doping Agency doesn't believe Lance Armstrong didn't use performance enhancing drugs. They erased 14 years of his career, including his record seven Tour de France titles.

Armstrong, a cancer survivor, is also banned from cycling for life. 
Banned from the very sport that made him a hero to other cancer survivors and cyclists.
This comes after the U.S.A.D.A. investigation that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs.
The agency said it expected the International Cycling Union to take similar action, but the union said it wants a full explanation of why Armstrong should relinquish the tour titles.
Armstrong denies doping, but ended his fight against the charges and said the U.S.A.D.A. was simply on a "witch hunt".

Local fans have mixed reactions. But most people wish Armstrong wouldn't have given up the fight, some fearing that could be an admission of guilt.   
His biggest fans say while they're disappointed, Armstrong will always be a hero to them.

Jacob Holtgrewe is more than a bike builder.
His love of professional bike riding drew him to BikeWorld. 
For Holtgrewe, cycling and Lance Armstrong go hand in hand.

"It's hard not to be on a bike and not think about being in the Tour de France and that just all leads back to Lance Armstrong," Holtgrewe said.

His passion for the sport started with watching Armstrong race in the Tour de France, and win seven titles.

"He seemed like an upstanding guy and a guy who looked like he would be a role model," Holtgrewe said.

But the U.S.A.D.A. stripped him of those titles and banned him from the sport, meanwhile Armstrong ended the fight with the U.S.A.D.A. but maintains innocence. 

Holtegrew doesn't know what to think.
BikeWorld owner Martha Emmons said fans seem to be torn.

"There are as many opinions as there are customers who come into this store," Emmons said.

Disappointed Armstrong gave up the fight, Emmons said cyclists and cancer survivors should still find inspiration in Armstrong's story, even though it may not have ended like they wanted.

"Regardless of any mistakes he's made I don't think any of us can argue with the fact that we're better off because the way he's chose to make something good out of his life and inspire other people from that," Emmons said.

Today Armstrong vowed to continue raising cancer awareness.   Local 6 reached out to someone at the local chapter of the American Cancer Society, he thinks most cancer survivors will always hold Armstrong in high esteem and hopes the athlete can successfully keep raising awareness.

Today Armstrong tweeted that he'll participate in a mountain bike race in Colorado on Saturday and then a marathon on Sunday.  Armstrong's spokesperson said those races are not governed by the U.S.A.D.A.

A two year federal investigation also ended last year without any charges.