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Who could get the Tour titles if Lance Armstrong is stripped of them

The cyclists Lance Armstrong beat to win his seven Tour de France victories include men who have faced doping bans and accusations. Who else was on the podium when Armstrong won from 1999-2005:

No. 2: Alex Zulle, Switzerland. His 1998 team, Festina, was ousted from the Tour that year in connection with the widespread use of EPO. Zulle later admitted to using the blood-booster over the four previous years. The Festina affair is widely seen as the first big doping scandal.

No. 3: Fernando Escartin, Spain.


No. 3: Joseba Beloki, Spain. Implicated in Operation Puerto, he was reportedly cleared by a Spanish court of any involvement in the case.

No 2: Ullrich; No. 3: Beloki.

No. 2: Ullrich.


No. 2: Beloki.


No. 2: Basso; No. 3: Ullrich.

Associated Press

No. 2: Andreas Kloeden, Germany

No. 3: Ivan Basso, Italy. Excluded from the 2006 Tour because of his involvement in Operation Puerto. He claimed that he gave his blood to a Spanish doctor at the center of that scandal but never used it

Who could get the Tour titles if Lance Armstrong is stripped of them 08/24/12 [Last modified: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:08pm]
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