All Seven Runners Up to Armstrong in the Tour de France Having Their Own Doping Scandals
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As we posted earlier, it’s looking like Lance Armstrong will be losing all seven of his Tour de France titles due to doping allegations, but he was not alone. According to Deadspin, all seven runners-up have their own doping scandals too.
- 1999: Alex Zülle (confessed to EPO use)
- 2000: Jan Ullrich (suspended from 2006 Tour; banned this year and stripped of all results from 2005 on)
- 2001: Jan Ullrich
- 2002: Joseba Beloki (kept out of 2006 Tour while under doping investigation, later cleared)
- 2003: Jan Ullrich
- 2004: Andreas Klöden (accused of illegal blood transfusion in the 2006 Tour)
- 2005: Ivan Basso (confessed to attempted doping, suspended)
If the titles are stripped from Armstrong, then who gets them?
Read more at deadspin.com.
