He is alleged by another cyclist competing in the CoreStates Road Race to have bribed that cyclist so that he would not compete with Armstrong for the win. He collected the Thrift Drug Triple Crown of Cycling: the Thrift Drug Classic in Pittsburgh, the K-Mart West Virginia Classic, and the CoreStates USPRO national championship in Philadelphia. He was 97th in the general classification when he retired after stage 12. Before his World Championships win, he took his first win at the Tour de France, in the stage from Châlons-sur-Marne to Verdun. In 1993, Armstrong won 10 one-day events and stage races, but his breakthrough victory was the World Road Race Championship held in Norway. ![]() In 1992, Armstrong turned professional with the Motorola Cycling Team, the successor of 7-Eleven team. At 16, Lance Armstrong became a professional triathlete and became national sprint-course triathlon champion in 19 at 18 and 19, respectively. Armstrong's total points in 1987 as an amateur were better than those of five professionals ranked higher than he was that year. In the 1987–1988 Tri-Fed/Texas ("Tri-Fed" was the former name of USA Triathlon), Armstrong was ranked the number-one triathlete in the 19-and-under group second place was Chann McRae, who became a US Postal Service cycling teammate and the 2002 USPRO national champion. Career Early career Armstrong ( center left) during the amateur race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships He had attended Plano East Senior High School. ![]() His parents divorced in 1973 when Lance was two. He was named after Lance Rentzel, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver. His mother, Linda Armstrong Kelly grew up in Oak Cliff. government after whistleblower proceedings were commenced by Floyd Landis, a former team member.Īrmstrong was born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971, at Methodist Hospital in Richardson, Texas. In April 2018, Armstrong settled a civil lawsuit with the United States Department of Justice and agreed to pay US$5 million to the U.S. In January 2013, Armstrong publicly admitted his involvement in doping. The International Cycling Union (UCI) upheld USADA's decision and decided that his stripped wins would not be allocated to other riders. He received a lifetime ban from all sports that follow the World Anti-Doping Code, ending his competitive cycling career. While maintaining his innocence, Armstrong chose not to contest the charges, citing the potential toll on his family. ![]() In 2012, a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation concluded that Armstrong had used performance-enhancing drugs over the course of his career and named him as the ringleader of "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen". For years, he denied involvement in doping. Between 20, he raced with Team Radio Shack, and retired for a second time in 2011.Īrmstrong became the subject of doping allegations after he won the 1999 Tour de France. Armstrong retired from racing at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returned to competitive cycling with the Astana team in January 2009, finishing third in the 2009 Tour de France later that year. Returning to cycling in 1998, Armstrong was a member of the US Postal/Discovery team between 19 when he won his seven Tour de France titles. After his recovery, he founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation (now the Livestrong Foundation) to assist other cancer survivors. In 1996, he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal metastatic testicular cancer. He had success between 19 with the World Championship in 1993, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, Tour DuPont in 19, and a handful of stage victories in Europe, including stage 8 of the 1993 Tour de France and stage 18 of the 1995 Tour de France. In 1992, he began his career as a professional cyclist with the Motorola team. Īt age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 19. He is currently banned for life from all sanctioned bicycling events. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found he used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. ![]() Lance Edward Armstrong ( né Gunderson born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.
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