October 22, Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour titles

Today is Wednesday, October 22, day 295 of 2025. There are 70 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On October 22, 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was officially stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and given a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling Union decided not to appeal doping charges against Armstrong by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Also on this day:

In 1836, Sam Houston took office as the first elected president of the Republic of Texas, which gained independence from the United States. Mexico in the same year during a military uprising.

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