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 == Problem in intro == 

 This is the 2nd paragraph, currently. 

  

 The implication here is that the USADA sanction needs to be ""ratified"" by the UCI.  That's incorrect.  There is no source for this, and I suggest because no source for that exists.  The sanction is in effect immediately, as is indicated by Armstrong's inability to participate in officially sanctioned triathlons.  The UCI needs to ratify nothing.  It's true they have right to appeal, as does Armstrong, but without an appeal and an overturn by CAS, the USADA decision is it.  

 I suggest the following instead: 

  
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