Armstrong To Pay Back N602.4m Winnings… Deletes Seven Time Tour Winner From Twitter Bio

Disgraced Lance Armstrong could be forced to repay his Tour de France winnings after being stripped of his seven titles for doping offences.

Armstrong won an estimated £2.4million, some of which was shared with team-mates, for dominating the race between 1999 and 2005.

The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, ratified the sanctions recommended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, who concluded Armstrong and his United States Postal Service team ran ‘the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen’.

Armstrong was banned for life and all his results from August 1, 1998 removed. So far, Armstrong’s only response has been to remove reference to being a seven-time Tour winner from his Twitter biography.