Thursday, June 07, 2007

Riis stripped of Tour de France title

Riis stripped of Tour de France title (AP)

The Tour de France no longer considers Bjarne Riis the winner of the 1996 race after the Danish cyclist admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. "We have removed him from the list" because of the doping admission, Tour spokesman Philippe Sudres said Thursday. "We consider philosophically that he can no longer claim to have won." Riis, now retired, admitted last month that he used the...

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