International Cycling Union: No Tour de France winner from 1999-2005

Published Oct. 26, 2012 at 6:17 pm

This July 28, 2002 file photo shows Lance Armstrong, center, waving from the podium as he holds the winner's trophy, along with best sprinter Robbie McEwen, of Australia, right, and best climber Laurent Jalabert, of France, after the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Melun and Paris. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. UCI President Pat McQuaid announced that the federation accepted the USADA's report on Armstrong and would not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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No one will replace Lance Armstrong as winner of the Tour de France from 1999-2005 after the American was stripped of the titles for doping, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday.

“With respect to Lance Armstrong and the implications of the USADA sanctions which it endorsed on Monday 22 October, the Management Committee
decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other
placings in any of the affected events,” the UCI said in a statement.

Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven titles on Monday when the UCI ratified the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to ban the 41-year-old Texan for life and nullify his results from Aug. 1998 onward.

The UCI also said it was setting up an independent
commission to investigate allegations made against the UCI over the
Armstrong affair.

The governing body agreed that part of the commission’s
remit would be to find ways to ensure that anyone caught doping would
no longer be able to take part in the sport, even as a non-rider in a
team.

It also announced it was suspending legal action against journalist Paul Kimmage pending the findings of the commission.