Lance Biography

 

Lance Armstrong was born on September 18, 1971. Seven consecutive Tour de France victories between 1999 and 2005 propelled Armstrong to sports legend status. In 1992, he began his professional cycling career as a member of the Motorola team. Armstrong had a very successful decade prior to his Tour de France victories, winning or placing among the top athletes in a number of European cups including the 1993 World Championship, the 1995 Clásica de San Sebastián, and the 1996 Tour DuPont.

Between 1998 and 2005, he rode for the U.S. Postal/Discovery team, and during that time, he won three Tour de France crowns. Armstrong withdrew from cycling after his 2005 doping incident, but he made a comeback in 2009. In 2009, he finished third at the Tour de France after joining the Astana team. From 2010 until his second retirement in 2011, he raced for Team Radio Shack after switching teams. He no longer races bicycles and now rides for fun.

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