Andy Schleck has been officially recognised as the 2010 Tour de France champion and awarded the yellow jersey in his home town of Mondorf-les-Bains.

Schleck originally finished second to Contador by just 39 seconds, but Contador was stripped of the title, and the 2011 Giro d’Italia crown, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February after testing positive for clenbuterol. The Spaniard was also handed a two-year backdated ban which runs until August this year.

Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme, five-time winner Bernard Hinault and Luxembourg minister of sport Romain Schneider formally awarded Schleck the title at the ceremony on Tuesday but the 26-year-old refused to acknowledge it as a “proper victory”.

“It’s good to receive this jersey, but it doesn’t change much. It doesn’t feel like a proper victory,” said Schleck. “It’s not the same as winning the Tour on the road and taking the yellow jersey to the Champs-Elysées. This is not a celebration, although I’m happy that this ceremony was set up and all the people that I care for are present.

“I won two stages in that Tour and I was wearing the yellow jersey for a couple of days. Everybody who saw that Tour witnessed how Alberto and myself were battling it out for the overall win. He beat me on the road and it wasn’t my decision to strip him from that victory. I’m the official winner of that Tour now, but I’m hungry for a victory on the road.”

Prudhomme added: “It has taken a long time for the decision to arrive and we all agree that this was not good. For us, coming to ‘Schleckville’ and paying homage to Andy was very important.

“I cannot wish anything else than many more yellow jerseys for Andy, who is a great champion. His attack and win on the Galibier last year showed great courage and touched all of the hearts of the fans of cycling.”