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Lance Edward Armstrong is an American sport cyclist, autobiographer, and podcaster born in 1971. He competed in road bicycle racing and triathlon, participating in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2010 Tour de France. His professional achievements include receiving the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award, and the Vélo d'Or.
Armstrong is also an author with several published works, including *The Armstrong Lie* and *Survivorship Net*. He is a member of the Republican Party and identifies as an atheist. His birth name was Lance Edward Gunderson. He was unmarried to Tory Burch and speaks English.
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- Good God, he's green!
- The Armstrong Lie
- Lance Armstrong
- Survivorship Net
- Yaşama çevrilen pedal
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Acting · Dallas, Texas, USA
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. 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…
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- Mark Cavendish: Never Enough — Self2023
- Stars on Mars — Self2023
- Jan Ullrich - Der Gejagte — Self2023
- Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair — Self2022
- Being Jan Ullrich2022
- Being Jan Ullrich — Self2022
- 05 — Self2021
- Lance — Self2020
- Lance — himself2020
- Tour de Pharmacy — Lance Armstrong2017
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD
· 1934 · cited 17,160x
- Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
· 2015 · cited 11,865x
- Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys
· 1977 · cited 9,533x
- The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment
· 2002 · cited 9,493x
- Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
· 2020 · cited 7,401x
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Quotes
- “I want all of you to know that I intend to beat this disease. And further, I intend to ride again as a professional cyclist.”
- “I want to finish by saying that I intend to be an avid spokesperson for testicular cancer once I have beaten the disease... I want this to be a positive experience and I want to take this opportunity to help others who might someday suffer from the same circumstance I face today.”
- “Without cancer, I never would have won a single Tour de France. Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more purposefully. It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things — whether health or a car or an old sense of self — has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers.”
- “A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing all you hear is the booing.”
- “Every year the media comes up with something to describe my race … The first year it was "the comeback." Then it was the "the confirmation." I don't know what it was last year. This year, for me, it's "the year of the team." I can't say how I compare to the rider I was in 1999 or 2000 or 2001, but this team is much stronger than it has ever been. It has made it easier for me.”
- “No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine. I live for this jersey. It's my life. No one's taking it away from me. This fucking jersey's mine.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. 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 in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations found that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. Armstrong is banned from all sanctioned bicycling events.
At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990. In 1992, he began his career as a professional cyclist with the Motorola team. Armstrong had success between 1993 and 1996 with the World Championship in 1993, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, Tour DuPont in 1995 and 1996, 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 1996, he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal metastatic testicular cancer. After recovering, Armstrong founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation (now the Livestrong Foundation) to assist other cancer survivors.
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