Big headache for Tour leadership
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August 25, 2012, Saturday
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THE cyclists Lance Armstrong beat to win his seven Tour de France victories may get a chance at his titles. But their ranks include men who have faced a tangle of doping bans and accusations.
1999 - No. 2: Alex Zulle, Switzerland. His 1998 team, Festina, was ousted from the Tour that year for widespread use of the performance-enhancing drug EPO. Zulle later admitted to using the blood-booster for four years.
- No. 3: Fernando Escartin, Spain.
2000 - No 2: Jan Ullrich, Germany. The 1997 Tour winner was the top-name cyclist among at least 50 implicated in the "Operation Puerto" police investigation in Spain in May 2006. Ullrich was stripped of his third-place finish from the 2005 Tour.
- No. 3: Joseba Beloki, Spain. Implicated in Operation Puerto, he retired in 2007.
2001 - No 2: Ullrich.
- No. 3: Beloki.
2002 - No. 2: Beloki.
- No. 3: Raimondas Rumsas, Lithuania. On the last day of the 2002 Tour, police stopped his wife, Edita, at the Italian border and searched her car, turning up suspected doping products. A French court later handed them four-month jail term.
2003 - No. 2: Ullrich.
- No. 3: Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan. He served a two-year doping ban.
2004 - No. 2: Andreas Kloeden, Germany.
No. 3: Ivan Basso, Italy. Excluded from the 2006 Tour because of his involvement in Operation Puerto.
2005 - No. 2: Basso.
- No. 3: Ullrich.
1999 - No. 2: Alex Zulle, Switzerland. His 1998 team, Festina, was ousted from the Tour that year for widespread use of the performance-enhancing drug EPO. Zulle later admitted to using the blood-booster for four years.
- No. 3: Fernando Escartin, Spain.
2000 - No 2: Jan Ullrich, Germany. The 1997 Tour winner was the top-name cyclist among at least 50 implicated in the "Operation Puerto" police investigation in Spain in May 2006. Ullrich was stripped of his third-place finish from the 2005 Tour.
- No. 3: Joseba Beloki, Spain. Implicated in Operation Puerto, he retired in 2007.
2001 - No 2: Ullrich.
- No. 3: Beloki.
2002 - No. 2: Beloki.
- No. 3: Raimondas Rumsas, Lithuania. On the last day of the 2002 Tour, police stopped his wife, Edita, at the Italian border and searched her car, turning up suspected doping products. A French court later handed them four-month jail term.
2003 - No. 2: Ullrich.
- No. 3: Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan. He served a two-year doping ban.
2004 - No. 2: Andreas Kloeden, Germany.
No. 3: Ivan Basso, Italy. Excluded from the 2006 Tour because of his involvement in Operation Puerto.
2005 - No. 2: Basso.
- No. 3: Ullrich.
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