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Were there like 20 or 30 other cycling cheaters that were caught alongside lance Armstrong?

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Alberto Contador (2010, ban upheld in 2012) – Stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title due to clenbuterol use. Jan Ullrich (2012) – Officially found guilty of doping in connection with Operation Puerto, though his offenses dated back to the 2000s. Frank Schleck (2012) – Tested positive for a banned diuretic during the Tour de France. Johan Bruyneel (2018) – Armstrong’s former team director was banned for life for his role in systematic doping. Chris Froome (2017 case, cleared in 2018) – Found with high levels of salbutamol; later cleared by the UCI and WADA. Jarlinson Pantano (2019) – Tested positive for EPO and received a four-year ban. Nairo Quintana (2022) – Disqualified from the Tour de France for tramadol use, though it was not classified as a doping offense.

The sport was tainted before Lance and still is.