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Armstrong stripped of Tour de France titles
The International Cycling Union (UCI) strips Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and bans him for life.
Al Jazeera
October 22, 2012
Cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), has agreed to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.
UCI President Pat McQuaid announced on Monday that the federation accepted the US Anti-Doping Agency's report on Armstrong and would not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
McQuaid said: "Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling."
On what he called a "landmark day for cycling", McQuaid said that Armstrong had been stripped of all results since 1 August, 1998 and banned for life.
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