Decision day For Lance Armstrong

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Decision day For Lance Armstrong
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His reputation already in tatters after a
lifetime ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency,
Lance Armstrong finds out Monday whether he will
be scrubbed from the record books for the seven
feats that made him a cycling legend by the
International Cycling Union, the sport's
governing body. It is set to rule on the USADAs
recommendation that Armstrong be stripped of his
seven Tour de France titles. The USADA announced
it would ban Armstrong from the sport for life
and strip him of his results dating from 1998.
The decision wiped out 14 years of his career.
The International Olympic Committee is also
reviewing the evidence and could revoke
Armstrong's bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney
Games in addition to the Tour wins. Should the
International Cycling Union concur with the
USADA's recommendation, it will be up to the
organizers of the Tour de France whether it will
nominate alternate winners for the 1999-2005
tours. Should the International Cycling Union
concur with the USADA's recommendation, it will
be up to the organizers of the Tour de France
whether it will nominate alternate winners for
the 1999-2005 tours. If Armstrong's name is
expunged, it will leave Greg LeMond as the only
American to win the tour. He did so in 1986,
1989, and 1990. Armstrong has consistently denied
the allegations.
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  for more than two decades and who ran
  unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee
  for president in 1972 -- died Sunday at the age
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