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UCI ban Armstrong for life

Cycling’s governing body agrees to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.

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Published On 22 Oct 2012

International Cycling Union (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.

The decision clears the way for Tour de France organizers to officially remove Armstrong’s name from the record books, erasing his consecutive victories from 1999-2005.

Tour director Christian Prudhomme has said the race would go along with what cycling’s governing body decides and will have no official winners for those years.

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