The French Cycling Federation does not want to reassign the Lance Armstrong Tour

The French Cycling Federation (FFC) wished this Thursday that "the places that remained vacant consecutively due to the disqualification of Lance Armstrong, are not reassigned, thus leaving the seven-year Tour de France record virgin", between 1999 and 2005.

According to the FFC, a measure like this would avoid "any controversy regarding the credibility of the eventual winners."

Some cyclists who finished second during the seven editions of the French round that Armstrong won, between 1999 and 2005, are also implicated in doping cases.

"This period will be stored in the dark years of our sport," the Federation stressed in a statement.

On August 24, the American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) banned the 40-year-old Texan cyclist for life and annulled the results he had achieved since 1998, in addition to annulling his seven Tour de France victories, when the rider did not respond. to the doping accusations that fell on him.

Armstrong, world champion in 1993, won the world's most important stage race, the Tour de France, seven times consecutively from 1999 to 2005, a record.

The FFC, which insisted that "Armstrong's refusal to answer USADA's accusations is understood as "an admission of his guilt", also wants "reimbursement of the trophies he won during his participation in the French round and other competitions." , estimated at 2,9 million euros”.

Source: .terra.es