UPDATE, 10/15/2012, 11:05 a.m. EDT. Information on a whistle-blower case filed by Floyd Landis against Lance Armstrong two years ago has been added to the 22nd paragraph of this story.

Lance Armstrong’s reputation—not to mention the reputation of the sport he dominated for the better part of the last decade—took a big hit this week when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) unveiled its 202-page reasoned decision effectively labeling professional cycling’s preeminent figure a fraud.