re: Armstrong Officially Stripped of Tour Titles

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So check out the people that were runners up to Lance and can consider themselves champions now:

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Doping was institutionalized within every team during this period. Basically, you were going to go on the team doping regimine or you weren't going to race because you wouldn't be able to hang when it mattered. It's just the reality. It wasn't even like baseball where it was individualized guys choosing to do it. Most of the guys in cycling basically had no choice if they wanted to make a living