UPDATE 2-Cycling-Sponsor Oakley drops Armstrong after 25 years

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Californian sunglasses maker Oakley has ended a sponsorship of Lance Armstrong that began 25 years ago when he was a teenage triathlete after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles over a doping scandal. Oakley, owned by Italy’s Luxottica, became the latest sponsor to drop Armstrong after the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s sanctions against the 41-year-old, banning him for life. …