Many people have wondered whether Armstrong's titles will be re-awarded to whomever came second in the seven races dating back to 1999. However, Tour de Frace director Christian Prudhomme announced earlier this month that, if Armstrong is stripped of his titles, no one will be crowned winner for those years.  Prudhomme said the Tour title under Armstong's reign, "depicts an era and a system which are forever soiled. The best solution is to say that there should be no winner those years."

One might think the director's decision would enrage the second-place cyclists who battled against Armstrong those years. However, all of Armstrong's runner-ups have been embroiled in some sort of doping scandal over the past decade or so, even if some may have been clean the years in which they came second to Armstrong. With an entire sport permeated with doping, no cyclist has stepped forward to demand Armstrong's sullied titles.

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