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RSS FeedsLance Armstrong to be a guest of race organisation at 2018 Tour of Flanders
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

14 december 2017 20:25:29

 
Lance Armstrong to be a guest of race organisation at 2018 Tour of Flanders
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Lance Armstrong will be a guest of the race organisation at the 2018 Tour of Flanders and will be the keynote speaker at a new business conference organised by Flanders Classics two days before the race. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from sporting competition in October 2012, following investigations by federal agent Jeff Novitzky and USADA which outlined the scale of the doping programme on his US Postal Service team. The American eventually confessed to doping to win each of his Tours in a television interview in January 2013. The terms of Armstrongīs lifetime ban from USADA preclude him from participation `in any capacity in a Competition or activity` and saw the Colorado Classic organisers drop their planned media partnership with the Americanīs podcast on this yearīs edition of the race.ADVERTISEMENT In a statement on Thursday morning, Flanders Classics head Wouter Vandenhaute defended his decision to extend an invitation to Armstrong for the Ronde. `Lance Armstrong is and remains a great champion. I have felt for many years now that he was above all punished for his arrogance,` Vandenhaute said. `I met Lance Armstrong in Washington last October and found him to be a chastened man who has made peace with his fate. Of course, we in the cycling sport need to continue making every effort to combat doping, but we also need to come to terms with our past. I think itīs good that we continue to honour champions like Laurent Jalabert and Richard Virenque, so why shouldnīt we welcome Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich back into our big cycling family as well?` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com


 
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