October 22, 2012 9:19 PM

printer

Lance Armstrong banned for life; stripped of 7 tour-de-France titles

Disgraced Cyclist Lance Armstrong's fate was sealed on Monday day, as world governing body decided to support a life ban for doping and strip him of his record seven Tour de France titles. The International Cycling Union, UCI said it supported a decision by the US Anti-Doping Agency, USADA to erase the Texan's career and his place in the sport's history. UCI president Pat McQuaid told a news conference in Geneva that the UCI will strip him of his seven Tour de France wins, Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling. Earlier this month the US body released a devastating dossier on Armstrong, detailing over 202 pages and with more than 1,000 pages of supporting testimony how he was at the heart of the biggest doping programme in the history of sport. The revelations, including evidence from 11 of Armstrong's former team-mates, plunged a sport which has been working hard to rid itself of its murky doping past into crisis.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.