The move comes ven though Armstrong's seven successive tour wins from 1999 to 2005 will not be awarded to others, the results from his comeback to the event in 2009 and 2010 will be reallocated.

In 2009, Spain's Alberto Contador won the race with Luxemburg's Andy Schleck taking second and Armstrong third ahead of fourth-place Wiggins.

But the International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed Armstrong's result would be cancelled, with Wiggins - who was riding for Team Garmin at the time - upgraded to third and a place on the podium.

"In 2009 the placing of Mr Armstrong will be reallocated," said a UCI spokesperson.

"Bradley Wiggins is the third-placed rider for the Tour de France, 2009."

After Wiggins won the 2012 Tour de France, the reallocation means that the 32-year-old now has two Tour de France podium finishes, despite the fact that the 2009 result has not come in the way he wanted.

With increasing pressure piling up on Armstrong to come clean, it is unclear what the 41-year-old from Texas will do next as sponsors who have dropped the disgraced cyclist demand repayments for their investments in him.

But British cyclist David Miller, who was banned for two years in 2004 for doping but has since become a vocal critic of it, says it is unlikely Armstrong will confess to doping.

British cyclist David Miller says it is unlikely that Lance Armstrong will confess to doping

"I do think that Lance should come clean, but I also know Lance and the sheer scale of what that would represent for him," said Miller.

"He has had a decade of libel cases and he might even go to jail.

"It has got so big it might be very complex for him.

"It is simply not a case of coming clean just to clear his conscience.

"He would have to do it tactically."

Miller though, seems to be less clear on UCI President Pat McQuaid.

"Should UCI President Pat McQuaid resign?" he said

"I don't know.

"He has to distance himself from former UCI chief Hein Verbruggen and accept the past.

"We have to get rid of Verbruggen as Honorary President."

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