Doping
In August 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency recommended the disqualification of Lance Armstrong from all his results since 1998; in October 2012 the Union Cycliste Internationale has agreed to this action. Having been stripped of the win owing to his use of banned substances, Lance Armstrong's win, his third of 7 consecutive wins and the most in Tour history, no longer applies; therefore there was no official winner of the 2001 Tour De France.
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