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
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.
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.
fans luckily saw
Luckily the fans saw through these (doping) allegations.
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.
punishment lines way
My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment.
hilarious cheer acceptance
A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.
ironic want used
It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.
antidote
Hope that is the only antidote to fear.
relationship
Where to start? ... This has been a long, love-hate relationship between myself and the French.
future plan
We plan on having a long future together.
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.