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
although defend georgia great hope last race terms tough tougher year
Georgia was a great race last year and very tough in terms of its route, ... I hope to defend there, although I think it will be tougher this year.
dig dog race realized suffering tour wakes
I realized that the Tour is the one race that makes me tick, ... It's the one that wakes me up early. And it's the one, when I'm suffering like a dog in training, that makes me dig that much deeper. Nothing compares.
bike exist france race tour
The Tour de France is not the only bike race in the world, but it is the biggest, so the possibility could still exist to do a Tour of Italy, a Tour of Spain.
denigrate race training
I don't want to denigrate the race and say it is just a preparation race, because I don't feel bad about the training I have done,
evaluate time training
He's training and will evaluate (whether to participate) when the time comes,
fairly realize
It was fairly serious, but I didn't realize how much play it would get. My fault. In hindsight, I shouldn't have done it.
impression understood
I got the impression he understood my position,
climb shots strange
It's a strange climb ... long but not very steep, so you can keep 30, 40, 50 guys, and they can take shots at you from the back.
bike bush dream might mountain people president ranch rides run scenario stays wonder
It's a dream scenario for me, ... Now that President Bush doesn't run anymore, he rides his mountain bike fanatically. People wonder why he's stays at the ranch so long, it might be the mountain bike trails.
forward looking side sit
I'm looking forward to it, ... You sit there and tell your side of it.
mistake
I made a mistake to go after him that day. I thought it was too important but I never said the things he said I did.
bike couple rest return spain
I will return to Spain to rest up and be back on the bike in a couple of days.
european permission substances
in the European press.... that I had permission to use substances because of my illness.
happens plays press stuff time watch
I just have to watch what happens in the press and see how it plays out. You know, it's always interesting reading; you just watch that stuff and never know how it's going to play out. It's not the first time it's happened.