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  1. Lance Armstrong introduces himself as seven-time Tour de France winner

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  3. Armstrong Tour De France Wins

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  4. Lance Armstrong: It's not like we just showed up to the Tour de France

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  5. Lance Armstrong's first Tour de France victory

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  6. Lance Armstrong Stripped of 7 Tour de France Titles

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  1. Lance Armstrong timeline: cancer, Tour de France, doping admission

    A look at the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong, who beat testicular cancer to win a record seven Tour de France titles, then was found guilty of and admitted to doping for the majority of his career .... Aug. 2, 1992: Armstrong, then a 20-year-old amateur cyclist who had left triathlon because it wasn't an Olympic sport, makes his Olympic debut at the Barcelona Games.

  2. Lance Armstrong

    Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found he used performance-enhancing drugs ...

  3. Lance Armstrong

    Lance Armstrong is a cancer survivor and former professional cyclist who was stripped of his seven Tour de France wins due to evidence of performance-enhancing drug use. Updated: Apr 23, 2021 ...

  4. Lance Armstrong

    Lance Armstrong (born September 18, 1971, Plano, Texas, U.S.) is an American cyclist, who was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles (1999-2005) but who was later stripped of all his titles after an investigation revealed that he was the key figure in a wide-ranging doping conspiracy while he compiled his Tour victories.. Early life and career

  5. Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France

    On July 24, 2005, American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France and retires from the sport. After Armstrong survived testicular cancer, his rise to ...

  6. The Legend of Lance: an Armstrong retrospective

    Entering the 1999 Tour de France as a dark horse, Armstrong took the prologue for his first ever maillot jaune, then proceeded to win three more stages before clinching his first ever Tour de ...

  7. Lance Armstrong

    Lance Armstrong, 2008. Lance Armstrong, (born Sept. 18, 1971, Plano, Texas, U.S.), American cyclist who was the first rider to win seven Tour de France titles (1999-2005) but who had his titles stripped after an investigation revealed that he had been doping during his unprecedented winning streak. Armstrong began his professional cycling ...

  8. From cancer to cycling superman: is this the greatest story in modern

    Seven years after completing treatment for cancer so virulent that he was given only a 40% chance of survival, the American cyclist Lance Armstrong yesterday became the first man to win the Tour ...

  9. Reconciling Lance Armstrong's Story With the Realities of Cancer

    When Lance Armstrong stepped up to the podium after winning the Tour de France in the summer of 1999, he delivered a potent message. ... workers, all of us in cancerland-- wanted Armstrong to win ...

  10. How I beat the killer inside me

    Sat 17 Jul 1999 19.59 EDT. In 1996 Lance Armstrong was the hottest young cyclist in the world. The Texan had won the 12-day, 1,200-mile Tour DuPont - the most respected race in the US - for the ...

  11. Lance Armstrong's 1999 Tour de France Triumph Takes a Dark Turn

    Oct. 10, 2012. Just before the 1999 Tour de France, a teammate pointed out that Lance Armstrong had a bruise on his upper arm caused by a syringe. According to a doping investigation, Armstrong ...

  12. A timeline of Lance Armstrong's cycling career

    1997: Establishes the Lance Armstrong Foundation (later renamed Livestrong) to benefit cancer patients and research. 1999: Wins first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles at age 27 and is ...

  13. Timeline of Lance Armstrong's career successes, doping ...

    Lance Armstrong seemed unbeatable in winning seven straight Tour de France titles. PatrickKovarik/AFP/Getty Images. Here's the timeline of Armstrong's career: 1996:Armstrong becomes the first ...

  14. For Cancer Survivors, Armstrong An Inspiration : NPR

    To millions of his fans, Lance Armstrong wasn't just a sports hero. He was an example of human resiliency who went from fighting testicular cancer to breaking cycling records at the Tour de France ...

  15. What Kind of Cancer Did Lance Armstrong Have?

    On October 2, 1996, Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He was treated and soon after returned to the upper echelons of professional cycling, winning the Tour of France a record seven consecutive times. His story became an inspiration for many people faced with cancer, and the yellow wristbands he wore became synonymous with hope.

  16. Lance Armstrong's doping drugs

    Cyclist Floyd Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after failing a drug test. Eighty percent of the Tour de France medalists between 1996 and 2010 have been "similarly tainted by ...

  17. Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles

    Armstrong went on to win the Tour again in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he became the first person ever to claim six Tour titles, and on July 24, 2005, Armstrong won his seventh straight ...

  18. So Wait, Who Actually Won All Those Tour De France Titles?

    This was the showdown between 1997 Tour winner Jan Ullrich and Lance. Ullrich, not Lance, was supposed to be the guy who ruled the sport after the domination of legend Miguel Indurain, who won ...

  19. Tour de France 2010: Lance Armstrong rejoins the ranks of the mortals

    The seven-time Tour de France winner leaves the race that made him famous after failing to match his own expectations Richard Williams in Pauillac Sat 24 Jul 2010 19.06 EDT

  20. Lance Armstrong: I'd have won the Tour de France if ...

    Lance Armstrong says he and his teams would have won the Tour de France multiple times if the entire peloton was riding clean during his now-stripped reign of seven victories from 1999 through ...

  21. Lance Armstrong wins seventh consecutive and last Tour de France

    PARIS — Lance Armstrong closed out his amazing career with a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory today — and did it a little earlier than expected. Because of wet conditions, race ...

  22. 13 Years Later, Lance Armstrong Returns Olympic Medal

    Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images. Already stripped of his Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong lost another link to his once-legendary cycling career Wednesday, returning the bronze medal he won at ...

  23. Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His 7 Tour de France Titles

    The company withheld a $5 million bonus for Armstrong's winning the 2004 Tour after a French book claimed he had doped and cheated to win. Armstrong sued the company to force it to pay him that ...

  24. Summer House's Jesse Solomon Shares Abnormal Cancer Scan Result

    Lance Armstrong The champion cyclist battled back from stage-four testicular cancer before winning seven straight Tour de France titles. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP