The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed World cycling body backs Armstrong ban Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's fate was sealed in Geneva on Monday, as the sport's under-fire world governing body decided to back a life ban for doping and strip him of his record seven Tour de France titles. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121022/world-cycling-body-bans-armstrong Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0200 world-cycling-body-bans-armstrong Armstrong's Swiss drug test was 'suspicious' Lance Armstrong's contentious 2001 Tour of Switzerland drug test was suspicious, but wasn't proof of EPO doping, even by today's stringent standards, the laboratory chief who oversaw the procedure has told AFP. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121022/armstrongs-swiss-drug-test-was-suspicious Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:14:33 +0200 armstrongs-swiss-drug-test-was-suspicious