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
adjusted finally jet morning seemed sore throat trip woke worse
I had finally adjusted to the jet lag of the trip but woke up this morning with a sore throat that seemed to get worse all day,
happens plays press stuff time watch
I just have to watch what happens in the press and see how it plays out. You know, it's always interesting reading; you just watch that stuff and never know how it's going to play out. It's not the first time it's happened.
dig dog race realized suffering tour wakes
I realized that the Tour is the one race that makes me tick, ... It's the one that wakes me up early. And it's the one, when I'm suffering like a dog in training, that makes me dig that much deeper. Nothing compares.
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,
best happened
the best thing that ever happened to me.
boy himself punish
That old boy can go, ... I didn't think he would punish himself that much, but he did.
dropped percent performance powerful saying took
EPO is a powerful drug, ... Some say it makes you 10 percent faster. Let's say I took EPO in 1999 and didn't take it from 2000 to 2005. My performance never dropped off. Obviously, I'm not saying I did. But I only got faster.
american-athlete front happy
not happy because Lance did them in front of their own birds.
great overall sun
It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For the overall standings it is great.
bit climb days difficult hard heavy maybe month
It was a hard climb. Maybe I was still a little bit heavy for a climb like that. The difficult days are a month away and we're still on schedule. There's no stress.
fairly realize
It was fairly serious, but I didn't realize how much play it would get. My fault. In hindsight, I shouldn't have done it.
bike bush dream might mountain people president ranch rides run scenario stays wonder
It's a dream scenario for me, ... Now that President Bush doesn't run anymore, he rides his mountain bike fanatically. People wonder why he's stays at the ranch so long, it might be the mountain bike trails.
challenged guy
This is the guy (Ullrich) that has challenged me and our team,
middle setup stuck
There's a setup here and I'm stuck in the middle of it,