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
retirement
Never has an athlete's retirement been so welcome.
challenged guy
This is the guy (Ullrich) that has challenged me and our team,
jean marie minutes spoke
For Jean Marie to say that was a shock. First of all because I spoke to him that same day for about 30 minutes and he didn't say those things to me.
austin call continued fellow honor pleasure thanks
It has been an honor for me to call Austin home. It is my pleasure to say thanks to my fellow residents for their continued support.
roll yellow
I'm not going to roll out with the yellow jersey,
attempting discovery folks forward great leading motivated team yellow
I look forward to leading this team and attempting to give the great folks at Discovery a yellow jersey. I'm more motivated than ever.
argue highest
Andre's been doing this for 20 years at the highest level, and you just can't argue with that,
contract pay question texas
That's a question of Texas contract law, ... What's the deal? Pay the money.
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.
blowing future guy smoke
A guy like him - I'm not blowing smoke - could be the future of cycling.
saw surprised
I have to say I was surprised when I saw that announcement.
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,
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,
bring coaches constantly cycling great hope kids observing
For cycling and the community, it's a big step. This would be a great way to bring kids into the sport and have them around coaches that are constantly observing them. I hope it happens.