Tour Runners-Up to Armstrong Tainted by Drug Accusations

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Five cyclists stand to inherit Lance Armstrong’s seven Tour de France wins after he is stripped of the titles by anti-doping authorities. Three of those cyclists have served doping bans and one may be probed.

Armstrong has been banned from the sport of cycling for life after refusing to fight drug allegations by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, with the American saying it was pointless to fight a “witch hunt.”