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Use banned substances including blood-boosting EPO. Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by cyclings governing body the UCI.

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Armstrong sued the company to force it to pay him that.

Tour de france wins armstrong. Lance Armstrong became the first American to win the Tour De France on an American bike with and an American Team in 1999 and led to an American dominance within the sport alongside the Wisconsin based Trek bicycle company. Despite denying any wrongdoing he abruptly retired. Had his tainted Tour victories been reallocated as were the victories of Floyd Landis and Contador to the second placed rider in each race Jan Ullrich would have joined the list with 4 Tour wins.

In 2005 allegations of doping began to plague Armstrong. Armstrong wins a record-setting sixth Tour de France. As the following chart shows American interest in Le Tour was closely linked to the success of Lance Armstrong.

Google searches for Tour de France were cut in half between Armstrong. Before his cancer treatment Armstrong had participated in four Tour de France races winning two stages. According to a survey done by Dutch newspaper Telesport two years ago a majority of the former Tour de France winners believe that Lance Armstrongs seven Tour wins should not have been stripped.

Did Lance Armstrong take performance-enhancing drugs. Wins the world championships road race becoming the second US. On July 24 2005 American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France and retires from the sport.

Lance Armstrong wins his third consecutive Tour de France joining an elite band of hat-trick winners and confirming his place as one of cyclings modern greats. Did Lance Armstrong win the Tour de France before cancer. He would go on to win the event for each of the next six years as well giving him seven straight championships in France from 1999 through 2005.

In 1993 he won the eighth stage and in 1995. He won the Tour de France in 1999. USADA said Armstrongs decision not to fight the charges against him triggered the lifetime ban and led to his results dating back to 1 August 1998 being erased.

At age 33 after winning a seventh Tour de France Armstrong retires to spend more time with his family. Man to win a senior road cycling world title after three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond. Armstrong cheated in all seven Tour de France wins.

Armstrong earned his first Tour de France title in 1999 and that would be the start of a dominant stretch for him at the iconic cycling race. Lance Armstrong was removed from the head of the list after having all seven of his Tour victories stripped when he was found guilty of repeated doping offences. He took stage 18 which he dedicated to teammate Fabio Casartelli who had crashed and died on stage 15.

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. On October 22 2012 Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005 and banned for life from competitive cycling after being charged with. In 2006 Armstrong was cleared by independent Dutch investigators of taking EPO a performance-enhancing drug but accusations continued.

Oct 23 2012 The company withheld a 5 million bonus for Armstrongs winning the 2004 Tour after a French book claimed he had doped and cheated to win. 25 Tour de France Winners Weigh In On Armstrongs Wins A Dutch journalist asks all the surviving champions if Lance should be allowed to keep his. After Armstrong survived Live TV.

Of the 25 surviving Tour winners 12 say that Armstrong should retain his Tour de France titles despite his doping confessions. Lance Armstrong was stripped of _____ Tour de France wins.

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