Lance Armstrong suffers lawsuit blow as judge says he will not indulge American's 'desire for publicity' Sparks went further and concluded the court was left to presume that the allegations "were included solely to increase media coverage of this case, and to incite public opinion against" the anti-doping agency and Travis Tygart, the agency's chief executive, who is also named as a defendant. "This court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong's desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement or vilification of Defendants, by sifting through 80 mostly unnecessary pages in search of the few kernels of factual material relevant to his claims," Sparks said. Within the injunction paperwork, Armstrong also claimed that the anti-doping agency and Tygart were out to prosecute a "big fish" so the agency could justify its existence. Part of the documentation read: "Defendants have presented Mr Armstrong with an impossible and unlawful choice: either accept a lifetime ban and the loss of his competitive achievements, or endure a rigged process where he would be certain to lose and suffer the same outcome," the filing said. Armstrong, who lives in Austin and retired from cycling last year, was charged last month with doping violations and with playing a key role in a doping conspiracy while on the United States Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams. He faces a lifetime ban from Olympic sports, the loss of his Tour titles and the forfeiture of the money and awards he won. Armstrong now has until Saturday to either accept the sanctions suggested by USADA - which would included a life ban ans stripping him of his seven Tour de France titles - or opt for his case to be heard by an Independent three-man panel in November, a panel which he has already labelled a "Kangaroo" court. His third option is to hurriedly refile a redrafted injunction.