This series compiled on June 14, 2012 shows seven file pictures clockwise from upper left taken in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist Lance Armstrong posing on the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cylcing race. The 2005 frame showing seven fingers (meaning seven victories) was made during the 92nd Tour de France. American cyclist Lance Armstrong will be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and slapped with a lifetime ban, a spokesman for the US Anti-Doping Agency told AFP on August 23, 2012. The agency said Armstrong will be banned from cycling for life and lose the Tour de France titles he won from 1999-2005. The decision came after Armstrong decided to discontinue his fight against USADA’s charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs. AFP PHOTO / FILES/ JAVIER SORIANO / JOEL SAGET / FRANCK FIFE / PATRICK KOVARICK / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO,FRANCK FIFE,PATRICK KOVARIK,MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/GettyImages)