Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrongis an American former professional road racing cyclist. He is the 1993 Elite Men's Road Race World Champion, and he had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his Tour de France victories in 2012 after a protracted doping scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth18 September 1971
CityPlano, TX
CountryUnited States of America
moments motivating position
Those are motivating moments for me. That's the way I can give back to someone who is in the same position I was.
children happy natural
Yeah. Sheryl and I are very happy. To me, when you have a relationship, you're happy and in love, children are a natural part of the equation,
biggest expect hamilton lost surprise
For me the biggest surprise was that Ullrich and Hamilton lost time, I didn't expect that,
experts five four gone record
four or five anti-doping experts around the world that have gone on the record and said this is crazy.
career happy
I am happy with the way my career went and I am happy with the way it ended.
anyone people questions sick talking tired
I am sick and tired of people talking about doping and I didn't cheat, and I know am clean. I'll take on anyone who questions that.
backup confirm dealt face followed good positive protocol rest sample
But this thing stinks. It's not good for me. And the unfortunate thing is that you potentially dealt with something that you have to face for the rest of your life. And like I said, the protocol wasn't followed and there is no backup sample to confirm what they say is a positive test.
asking based pleased press seems
Based on the translation I read of the press release, I'm pleased that the UCI seems to be asking many of the right questions.
impression understood
I got the impression he understood my position,
retirement
Never has an athlete's retirement been so welcome.
active guys maybe perhaps worked
Perhaps we were a little too active in the race, worked a little too much, ... Maybe the guys are tired.
achieve arrive believe cake came difficult good helped hope hopefully huge icing mentor next plan push taught team top year
So it was a good field, but the most important thing was that the team came up with a very difficult plan for me. Lance helped me a lot and having an idol, a mentor like that to come up with a plan and for me to put the icing on the cake was a huge accomplishment. It taught me that if I believe in myself, I can push my own limits. I hope to achieve that here, next year even more, and hopefully arrive at the top eventually.
dealing fair knowing shake sitting stuff
Sitting here today, dealing with all this stuff again, knowing if I were to go back, there's no way I could get a fair shake on the roadside, in doping control, or the labs.
athletic dig few illness known ride side somebody willing
Matt's somebody I've known for a few years and is willing to play the part. He can dig into it on the athletic side and the illness side, but he'll also look and ride and feel like a professional cyclist.