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
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.
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,
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.
ivan strongest
Ivan was the strongest today. I didn't give it to him,
control fair france shake
There is no way I could go to France and get a fair shake on the roads, in doping control or in the labs, ... There's no way I could go back there. I would be crazy.
There is no way I can go back there (France). I would be crazy, so why don't we all just say I am not going back.
challenged guy
This is the guy (Ullrich) that has challenged me and our team,
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,
boy himself punish
That old boy can go, ... I didn't think he would punish himself that much, but he did.
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.
moments motivating position
Those are motivating moments for me. That's the way I can give back to someone who is in the same position I was.