UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titles
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This file photo taken on July 24, 2005, shows Lance Armstrong riding during the 21st stage of the 92nd Tour de France cycling race. Cycling's governing body has agreed to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life. -- PHOTO: AFP
GENEVA (AP) - Cycling's governing body has agreed to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.
UCI President Pat McQuaid announced 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 organisers 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.
