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Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour titles and banned
Updated On: 24 August, 2012 10:09 PM IST | | AFP
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, the US Anti-Doping Agency said, after the cycling icon announced he would no longer fight the drug charges that have stained his legacy.
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The US anti-doping agency stripped cycling icon Lance Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France titles on Friday and slapped him with a lifetime ban from competition.
Armstrong announced on Thursday that he was dropping his legal challenge against USADA over claims that he cheated and used performance-enhancing drugs to win cycling's most prestigious race from 1999 to 2005.
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