Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been stripped of the "Legion d'Honneur" award, the best-known recognition in France.
Armstrong was given the rank of "Chevalier" - or Knight - in the "Legion d'Honneur" in 2005, the last year of his seven consecutive Tour de France victories. He was later stripped of those titles for doping, reports Sport24.
A Legion of Honour official, who wasn't authorized to be quoted by name, said she was unable to indicate when the decision was made to remove Armstrong's award.
She said the organization doesn't traditionally announce it publicly when honourees lose their decoration.
The Legion of Honour was created under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, and roughly a million people have received France's highest honour so far.