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CNN
| 7 months ago
Former Tour de France champ LeMond calls for UCI boss to quit updated 4:29 PM EDT, Thu October 25, 2012 American Greg LeMond won three Tour de France titles during his cycling career, in 1986, 1989 and 1990. (CNN) -- Three-time Tour de France winner...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
A global business forum has dropped disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong from the list of speakers for its Mexico City event next month, organisers said Thursday...Armstrong's image still appears on street posters promoting the November 14-15 event in...
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Celebuzz
| 7 months ago
A leading New Jersey psychologist believes Lance Armstrong is a classic narcissist who is clinging to his tattered heroic facade. Armstrong's failure to come clean even in the face of undeniable evidence further belies his need to cling to some...
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Glen Rock Gazette
| 7 months ago
The Record Across North Jersey, a fallen hero retains a special bond It's been a trying two months for Lance Armstrong's passionate admirers. Their faith in the cycling legend, an athlete who triumphed over both metastatic cancer and the intense...
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The Sun UK
| 7 months ago
Mark Cavendish insists his sport is the cleanest in the world despite the Lance Armstrong drugs scandal. Brit Mark, 27, the 2011 Road Race World Champion, says the fact the American has been brought to justice shows tougher drug rules are working...
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NY Daily News
| 7 months ago
Lance Armstrong is stripped of his Tour de France titles and now SCA Promotions wants bonus money back...The Dallas-based insurance company will send a formal request to Lance Armstrong and his representatives, perhaps as early as Thursday, demanding...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
Bradley Wiggins Tour de France winner and Olympic road race champion Bradley Wiggins says there is a lot of anger at Lance Armstrong over the doping scandal centred on the American because current cyclists are being stigmatised for the actions of...
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China Post
| 7 months ago
As doping-disgraced Lance Armstrong cycles into the sunset of sporting infamy, Britain's Bradley Wiggins and a new generation of pedal pushers must try to make people care about a forever-tainted sport. That's the challenge moving ahead after the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong may never admit to taking performance enhancing drugs after being banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Tour champion Bradley Wiggins said on Wednesday. You realize as you grow up that...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
ments Will the Tour de France be able to overcome Lance's legacy? The Tour de France announced this year's route today. Despite the revelations about Lance Armstrong's now-vacated victories, organizers believe that the event will retain its appeal. ...
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Adelaide Now
| 7 months ago
HE has lost seven Tour de France titles, all his sponsors and possibly many millions of ill-gotten dollars...Following revelations of Armstrong's extensive past as a drug cheat, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed it will meet tomorrow...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
Mark Cavendish Britain's Mark Cavendish says cycling is the "cleanest" sport and is tired of constantly having to defend it. Lance Armstrong was this week stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, but 2011 world road race champion...
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Reuters
| 7 months ago
Topics Related Video Seven-time Tour de France winner Team Radioshack rider Lance Armstrong waits at the starting line in Visalia, California of stage five of the Amgen Tour of California in a May 20, 2010 file photo. Sunglasses maker Oakley has...
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Inquirer.net
| 7 months ago
Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. Armstrong, stripped of his seven Tour de France cycling titles and deserted by major corporate sponsors, received the backing of the Aspen Art Museum, which will...
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China Post
| 7 months ago
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has hit out at suggestions that International Cycling Union (UCI) officials should face sanctions in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal...Armstrong helped orchestrate the most sophisticated doping program...
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National Public Radio
| 7 months ago
One day after having his seven Tour de France titles officially taken away and getting banned for life from competitive cycling, Lance Armstrong's getting some media attention for removing a reference to those victories from his Twitter bio .
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The Onion
| 7 months ago
In the wake of overwhelming allegations that he engaged in illegal doping throughout the course of his professional career, cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles Monday, effectively making this article the last story...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 7 months ago
This July 23, 2000 file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong riding down the Champs Elysees with an American flag after the 21st and final stage of the cycling race in Paris, France, Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes cycling's world body must remove the officials who presided over the drug-tainted Lance Armstrong era for the sport can regain credibility. President John Fahey told Australia's Fox Sports on Tuesday...
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The Orange County Register
| 7 months ago
Another former teammate of Lance Armstrong has admitted using banned performance-enhancing substances. Norwegian rider Steffen Kjaergaard told reporters in Oslo that he had used EPO and cortisone...He says he wasn't aware of any of his teammates...
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Natural News
| 7 months ago
Lance Armstrong's implosion is being called an "epic downfall" by CNN . The U.S. cycling board says Armstrong has "no place in sport" and that the man should be forgotten...Yesterday the International Cycling Union finally stripped Armstrong of seven...
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Inquirer.net
| 7 months ago
World cycling's decision to strip Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France wins could cost the shamed US rider millions. Lance Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France wins could cost the shamed US rider millions, amid calls for tougher...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
A day after he was banned from cycling for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong took the first step towards accepting the sanctions by deleting reference to his Tour wins on his Twitter biography. The International...
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SwissInfo
| 7 months ago
While tabloid Blick talked about Armstrong's Seven deadly sins and Zurich's Tages-Anzeiger opened its editorial with the deserved ban, the French-language papers focused on the role of the UCI, which had saved face but lost credibility. The decision...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 7 months ago
Having won seven Tour de France titles is no longer part of Lance Armstrong's Twitter profile. As late as Monday night, Armstrong's bio on the social media site included a mention of his seven Tour wins from 1999-2005, but reference to the race was...
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The Olympia
| 7 months ago
Staff writer Published October 23, 2012 It's tempting to be glib, maybe to suggest that wearers of the Livestrong bracelets might consider scratching out the v, since Lie strong is a more apt tribute to the organization's founder, Lance Armstrong,...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has removed the reference to seven Tour de France titles from his Twitter account. As late as Monday night, Armstrong's profile included a mention of his seven wins from 1999-2005 but it disappeared hours after the...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
This move came after a report from the US Anti-Doping Agency accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. Armstrong. "Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling and he deserves to be forgotten in cycling," McQuaid said at the conference.
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Xtra News
| 7 months ago
Lance Armstrong, stripped of seven Tour de France titles and cast into cycling oblivion, apparently acknowledged the decision on Twitter. The phrase "7-time Tour de France winner" evaporated from Armstrong's profile on his @lancearmstrong feed on the...
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The Steamboat Pilot
| 7 months ago
Joel Reichenberger Steamboat Pilot & Today sports reporter and photographer Joel Reichenberger can be reached at 871-4253 or jreichenberger@SteamboatToday.com . After all the rumors that have been corroborated, the stories verified and the hunches...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
UCI finally reversed course in this case and has made the credible decision available to it."...Please click Flag to alert us of a comment that may be abusive or threatening.
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The Orange County Register
| 7 months ago
Foothill Ranch-based Oakley Inc. on Monday became the latest company to drop Lance Armstrong after Union Cycliste Internationale, the international cycling union, stripped the cyclist of his seven Tour de France titles Oakley, the manufacturer and...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
A Texas promotional company that paid millions of dollars to Lance Armstrong for winning the Tour de France said on Monday it was considering legal action to get the money back after the American cyclist was stripped of his Tour titles...Armstrong...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced last Friday they would be making an announcement regarding Armstrong on Monday, and immediately its president, UCI chief Pat McQuaid, received a surprise message. "He (Armstrong) heard we were having a...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
No effect on TDU Federal Sports Minister Kate Lundy Meanwhile, Federal Sports Minister Kate Lundy says the Armstrong scandal should not affect Australia's major cycling event, the Tour Down Under. Senator Lundy told the ABC that while it was a dark...
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The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
| 7 months ago
Another big-name sponsor on Monday when Oakley, the sports eyewear maker, broke off its relationship with the disgraced American cyclist. "When Lance joined our family many years ago, he was a symbol of possibility," it said in a statement. Oakley, a...
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E! Online
| 7 months ago
That'd be the king of plastic, for all you non-Francophiles...Lance may have stepped down as chairman of Livestrong, but his impact cannot be wiped out. Without Armstrong, those iconic yellow plastic bracelets that benefited the cancer-fighting...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
As Lance Armstrong continued to face fallout from doping allegations -- this time, being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles -- questions still surround a federal investigation that closed without criminal charges being filed. U.S...Andre...
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The Age
| 7 months ago
On Monday in Geneva, the International Cycling Union (UCI) officially backed the US Anti-Doping Agency's decision to effectively erase Armstrong's cycling record, including the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999-2005. Armstrong, putting him...
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The Age
| 7 months ago
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him from the sport for life, with president Pat McQuaid declaring the American has "no place in cycling". Asked if the sport could...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images Lance Armstrong faces imminent legal action over a $7.5m bonus paid out by a Texas insurance firm that had accused the disgraced cycling champion of taking performance enhancing drugs. SCA Promotions' move comes after...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
Today my four sons lost their hero Lance Armstrong when the International Cycling Union agreed with US authorities on the charges he's both a doper and a pusher, stripping him of all seven Tour de France titles. Maybe that's a good thing because...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
Drug cheat Lance Armstrong's doping programme bore testimony to the disgraced cycling champion's win-at-all-costs attitude, the head of the International Cycling Union (UCI), Pat McQuaid, said on Monday. "We're looking at an enormous, sophisicated...
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Extra
| 7 months ago
The International Cycling Union announced Monday they would strip the 41-year-old cancer survivor of all 7 Tour de France titles, based on a report from the U.S...Full Story at HLN Get more "Extra" Scoop headlines for Monday, October 22! George...
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Vanity Fair
| 7 months ago
Lance Armstrong Says Au Revoir to Seven Tour de France Wins 10:01 AM, October 22 2012 In the limitless wake of the U.S.A.D.A. report on his doping , Lance Armstrong has officially lost his seven Tour de France victories. A coincidence, as your...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
But amid the controversy and disappointments, it should not be overlooked that the sport has turned itself inside out to purge that pungent history.
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The Observer
| 7 months ago
Press Association Lance Armstrong has been stripped of all results since 1 August, 1998 and banned for life by UCI. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Lance Armstrong "has no place in cycling " and has been stripped of his seven Tour de France...
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The Dish Rag
| 7 months ago
After he announced that he was stepping down as the chairman of his Livestrong charity, Nike Inc., Anheuser-Busch and several other sponsors ended their contract with the seven-time Tour de France winner because of the "insurmountable evidence" that...
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CNN Blog
| 7 months ago
Today's young riders do not deserve to be branded or tarnished by the past or to pay the price for the Armstrong era," the press release continues. [Updated at 7:41 a.m. ET] So, will the big blow to Armstrong wake up the rest of the cycling community...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
The decision to waive the right to take Armstrong's case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest court in sports, formally strips Armstrong of the Tour titles he won from 1999-2005. The Amaury Sport Organization, the company that organizes...
