The Union Cycliste Internationale governing body has officially stripped Lance Armstrong of his 7 Tour de France titles and banned him for life.. UCI President Pat McQuaid announced that the federation accepted USADA's report on Armstrong and would not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling and he deserves to be forgotten in cycling. This is a landmark day for cycling." McQuaid said at a news conference.
USADA initially released a damning report which accused Lance of running "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." According to the USADA, Armstrong and his teams used steroids, the blood booster EPO and blood transfusions.
With this decision, Tour de France organizers will officially remove Armstrong's name from their records and erase all his 7 victories from 1999-2005 forever.
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