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
seven
We have seven years of 'A' and 'B' samples. They've all been negative.
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,
ethics process question
The question is not about me but about the process and the ethics,
bike
When I got off the bike at the end of the Tour, it was finished,
article hunt short tabloid witch
Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues, ... (This) article is nothing short of tabloid journalism.
absolutely gave great impressed kid lift team word
What's so great about the kid is that he absolutely doesn't know the word quit. He gave us a real lift today, and you had to be impressed with how our team set him up at the end.
age college ride setting
We started out at a very young age setting goals, ... Lance wasn't a follower, he was a leader. All his friends went off to college and Lance said all he wanted to do was ride his bike.
relationship
Where to start? ... This has been a long, love-hate relationship between myself and the French.
good ready regroup rest
We were better, ... That's good going into the rest day: regroup and get ready for the big climbs.
basically city parties saying thank
We've always had parties or celebrations on that day. It was just a way to do something for a city that has done a lot of things for me. We're basically saying thank you for all the support.
best information insider
He has the best condition. Tomorrow, he is the favorite. I have insider information,
announce chance defend french guy lab open positive samples trust
What else can it be? ... Do you think I'm going to trust some guy in a French lab to open my samples and say they're positive and announce that to the world and not give me the chance to defend myself? That's ludicrous. There is no way you can do 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.