Originally Posted by
OldPhiKap
Let's say you strip the Jerseys from Armstrong and give them to the second place rider. This gives you as your champs:
1999 - Alex Zuelle, who was part of the Festina team thrown out of the 1998 Tour de France after team manager Bruno Roussel confessed the existence of "an organized doping system."
2000 - Jan Ullrich, who has been conviced of doping and was banned for a period of time.
2001 - Ullrich again.
2002 -- Joseba Beloki, who was implicated in Operación Puerto and was withdrawn from the Tour de France in 2006.
2003 - Ullrich again.
2004 - Andreas Kloeden -- Freiburg Univerity Clinic alleges he used illegal blood transfusions in a subsequent tour.
2005 - Ivan Basso (2005), who was banned for two years in 2007 for his involvement in Spain's Operation Puerto scandal.
Well done, USADA.