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
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,
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.
cycling fact france harder naturally process toughest twenty won
The fact is that cycling in France is in the process of going through one of its toughest periods, ... They haven't won for twenty years now so naturally it's harder for them to accept.
felt hard time
I had a hard time because of the heat. It was a really hard day but I felt strong,
dominate hard perhaps questions seven tour win
If you dominate a world sport you will always have questions and doubts. Perhaps at the end of the day we were too successful. When you win the Tour once, twice, seven times, it is just too hard to believe.
sorry believe hard-work
To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you, ... I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.
change hard-work sacrifice
Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.
hard-work riding-your-bike answers
The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?
light limits weight
Too light is when it is out of the rules. There are weight limits in place.
call chicago competing conflict fill fit life looking quit schedule seems training void york
We were looking at the Chicago Marathon, but a conflict arose with the date, and New York seems to fit our schedule better. I've been training some, but I wouldn't call it serious. It's just something to fill a void in my life after I quit competing as a professional cyclist.
nights sit wonder
I sit around some nights and I wonder what it would be like to be retired,
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.
Right now, ... we're considering all our options.
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,