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Lance Armstrong Stripped of Titles and Banned For Life

UCI drops the hammer

By goddamnedfrank

Sports • October 2012 • Views: 1,577

UCI didn’t want to do this, the evidence must absolutely undeniable.

(Reuters) - Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life after the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Monday it had ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) sanctions.

The decision was announced at a UCI news conference.

“Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling,” UCI President Pat McQuaid said as he confirmed the ratification.

On October 10, USADA published a report into Armstrong which alleged the now retired American rider had been involved in the “most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program sport has ever seen”.

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10 comments

Obdicut Mon, Oct 22, 2012 6:02:37am

So what are they going to do? Strip the titles from almost everyone? Admit that cycling was completely overrun by doping during that time period?

EiMitch Mon, Oct 22, 2012 6:47:59am

Just great. Armstrong has become the Barry Bonds of cycling. Everyone is doping, but that didn't get exposed until Armstrong/Bonds got caught, forever cementing his name as synonymous with doping. They can't punished everyone so this big name who got singled-out is thrown under the bus to appease the public.

I'm not saying he doesn't deserve punishment. I'm saying he doesn't deserve to be the only one. And he'll be vilified out-of-proportion just for trying to keep up with the other cheaters. (ie everyone else)

Destro Mon, Oct 22, 2012 7:36:04am

re: #1 Obdicut

re: #2 EiMitch

Can we make doping legal? Have drug manufacturers sponsor teams to show how their drugs work?

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cat-tikvah Mon, Oct 22, 2012 8:06:29am

Then there's Eddie Izzard's "Stoned Olympics"
If you're not high, you're disqualified

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sizzzzlerz Mon, Oct 22, 2012 9:06:05am

So will they award the title to Jan Ulrich, who finished 2nd to Armstrong several times?

Oh wait, he was busted for doping as well.

Face it, pro cycling is dirty, dirty, dirty.

wrenchwench Mon, Oct 22, 2012 9:18:06am

From the link:

"It wasn't until the intervention of federal agents...they called these riders in and they put down a gun and badge on the table in front of them and said 'you're now facing a grand jury you must tell the truth' that those riders broke down," McQuaid added.

Oh, FFS. A gun?!? He's really misrepresenting how it happened, if you believe those who came clean. And if you don't, what's it all about? They don't have positive tests, they have testimony.

Daniel Ballard Mon, Oct 22, 2012 10:46:57am

re: #5 sizzzzlerz

Heh. It still makes boxing look good. ow that's a dirty game.

Charles Johnson Mon, Oct 22, 2012 11:50:35am

Wow, what an awful day for pro cycling. This is basically an admission that every single Tour de France winner for at least the past 20 years is guilty of doping.

William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Oct 22, 2012 11:54:26am

Feh. He won, the French got mad & have been inventing for this day ever since. All they have is people who have been coerced into saying what they want said.

Destro Mon, Oct 22, 2012 12:50:23pm

re: #9 William Barnett-Lewis

The Americans stripped him of his wins and asked the French to acknowledge the investigation. Stop the French bashing already.

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