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Mar 19, 2023 · Famous Cyclists Floyd Landis, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, and Jan Ullrich have been stripped of their titles and banned from all Tour de France events. In the case of Contador and Landis, the winner title was given to the runner-ups in their races. However, for Armstrong, no official winner is listed anymore from 1999 to 2005.
The following riders have won the Tour de France on more than one occasion. Alberto Contador won three Tours, but was stripped of one following an anti-doping violation. 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.
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Oct 26, 2012 · 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...
Aug 25, 2012 · On Thursday night the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles and banned him for life after Lance gave his Chief Joseph impersonation and told the world...
Oct 23, 2012 · Oct. 22, 2012. The International Cycling Union announced Monday that it would not appeal the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s ruling to bar Lance Armstrong for life from Olympic sports for doping...
Multiple winners of the Tour de France general classification Cyclist Total Years Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 5 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Eddy Merckx (BEL) 5 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 Bernard Hinault (FRA) 5 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 Miguel Indurain (ESP) 5 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Chris Froome (GBR) 4 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Maurice Garin of France was the winner. While cheating has marred the Tour from the start, in recent years the race has been especially tarnished by allegations of illegal drug use. Several winners have been stripped of their titles, most notably Lance Armstrong, who was the first rider to capture seven