COLMAR, France (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong has had enough of early morning random anti-doping tests on the Tour de France, the seven-times champion said yesterday.

“You can’t go and pull guys out of bed at 6 am. If I came to your room at six in the morning, you’d throw the furniture at me,” Armstrong told reporters.

“When they wake us up, they wake us up. It’s also the Tour de France and you can’t wake up guys before a mountain stage at 6 am,” said the American who was third overall in the race, eight seconds behind leader Rinaldo Nocentini going into stage 13.

“There is also a human aspect here. Enough is enough.”

The 37-year-old also responded to comments made by French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot, who said on Thursday that Astana riders had not been within direct sight of International Cycling Union (UCI) controllers in a random test carried out in Andorra at the team’s hotel.

“It seems there has been a bit of avoiding going on,” Bachelot said without elaborating.

Armstrong said: “I actually think it’s ridiculous. We have been controlled more than anybody else in the race. I would put up our biological passports against anybody else’s.

“I think it’s slightly political. She knows that when she makes those comments in the media or to the public they get attention. Perhaps it reinforces their commitment in the fight against doping.

“But again, we’re never positive.”

Asked what happened last Saturday morning when UCI controllers came to Astana’s hotel for a test, Armstrong said: “My version is when they knock on my door, I go down and give the blood. It’s not as if I am looking at my window and as I see them coming I stay in my room.”

The Tour ends in Paris on July 26.