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Cycling: Armstrong facing big financial hit over doping ban
FILE - This July 23,2000 file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong riding down the Champs Elysees with an American flag after the 21st and final stage of the cycling race in Paris, France... (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)
PARIS (AFP) - World cycling's decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France wins could cost the shamed US rider millions, amid calls for tougher action to restore the sport's shattered image.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday gave its backing to a damning US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) dossier that placed the Texan at the heart of the biggest doping program in sport, erasing his record back to August 1, 1998.
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