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
light limits weight
Too light is when it is out of the rules. There are weight limits in place.
bike exist france race tour
The Tour de France is not the only bike race in the world, but it is the biggest, so the possibility could still exist to do a Tour of Italy, a Tour of Spain.
climb difficult downhill effort fast hard percent
I started fast and hard, it was difficult with a hard climb and long downhill with headwind. It was a 100 percent effort all the way but that's OK,
nights sit wonder
I sit around some nights and I wonder what it would be like to be retired,
few illness money spending
This is one of the few years where they have not had more money. As a survivor, I think we would be better spending money on an illness like cancer,
control dealing fair knowing shake stuff
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,
ivan strongest
Ivan was the strongest today. I didn't give it to him,
Right now, ... we're considering all our options.
boy himself punish
That old boy can go, ... I didn't think he would punish himself that much, but he did.
bus six supporting tables tour turned
The tables will be turned in six months, when I'll be on a tour bus supporting her.
answer seriously system
The system has seriously failed. And when the system fails, you have to go to the head. And he won't answer the questions.
confirm followed positive protocol sample
Protocol wasn't followed and there is no back-up sample to confirm what they say is a positive test,
impression understood
I got the impression he understood my position,
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.