Lance Armstrong

Armstrong was born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971, at Methodist Hospital in Richardson, Texas. He attended Plano East Senior High School. ==Career==

Early career 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. Armstrong's total points in 1987 as an amateur were better than those of five professionals ranked higher than he was that year. At 16, Lance Armstrong became a professional triathlete and became national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990 at 18 and 19, respectively. In 1994, Armstrong again won the Thrift Drug Classic and came second in the Tour DuPont in the United States. His successes in Europe occurred when he placed second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Clásica de San Sebastián, where just two years before, Armstrong had finished in last place at his first all-pro event in Europe. He finished the year strongly at the World Championships in Agrigento, finishing in seventh place less than a minute behind winner Luc Leblanc. In a 2016 speech to University of Colorado, Boulder professor Roger A. Pielke Jr.'s Introduction to Sports Governance class, Armstrong stated that he began doping in "late spring of 1995". Armstrong won the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, followed by an overall victory in the penultimate Tour DuPont and a handful of stage victories in Europe, including the stage to Limoges in the Tour de France, three days after the death of his teammate Fabio Casartelli, who crashed on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet on the 15th stage. After winning the stage, Armstrong pointed to the sky in honor of Casartelli. Armstrong's successes were much the same in 1996. He became the first American to win La Flèche Wallonne and again won the Tour DuPont. However, Armstrong was able to compete for only five days in the Tour de France. In the 1996 Olympic Games, he finished sixth in the time trial and twelfth in the road race. In August 1996, following the Leeds Classic, Armstrong signed a two-year, $2 million deal with the French Cofidis Cycling Team. Joining him in signing contracts with the French team were teammates Frankie Andreu and Laurent Madouas. Two months later, Armstrong was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer. Armstrong visited urologist Jim Reeves in Austin, Texas, for diagnosis of his symptoms, including a headache, blurred vision, coughing up blood, and a swollen testicle. The next day, Armstrong had an orchiectomy to remove the diseased testicle. When Reeves was asked in a later interview what he thought Armstrong's chances of survival were, Reeves said, "Almost none. We told Lance initially 20 to 50% chance, mainly to give him hope. But with the kind of cancer he had, with the X-rays, the blood tests, almost no hope." Armstrong went to the Indiana University medical center in Indianapolis and decided to receive the rest of his treatment there. The standard treatment for Armstrong's cancer was a "cocktail" of the drugs bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (or Platinol) (BEP). The first chemotherapy cycle that Armstrong underwent included BEP, but for the three remaining cycles, he was given an alternative, vinblastine etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (VIP), to avoid lung toxicity associated with bleomycin. Armstrong credited this with saving his cycling career. At Indiana University, Lawrence Einhorn had pioneered the use of cisplatin to treat testicular cancer. Armstrong's primary oncologist there was Craig Nichols. In February 1997, he was declared cancer-free. In October, Cofidis announced that his contract would not be extended, after negotiations broke down over a new deal. , taking over the yellow jersey at Grand Prix Midi Libre Armstrong's cycling comeback began in 1998. He entered the 1998 edition of Paris–Nice but could not compete at elite level and abandoned the race. Armstrong and his fiancée then left Europe and returned to Texas where he contemplated retirement. Not long after returning to the United States, Armstrong entered seclusion near Beech Mountain and Boone, North Carolina with former Tour de France rider Bob Roll as well as Chris Carmichael and trained in the Appalachian Mountains. In May 1998, Armstrong held his second charity race for cancer research in Austin, Texas: The Race for the Roses. Greg LeMond, Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly, and five time Tour champion Miguel Induráin were the most important cyclists at the event. LeMond said it was a good reason to get cyclists together, that life does not always deal the cards out equally, that no one could know if Armstrong would get back to the highest level, and that Armstrong might conceivably retire the following year. During an interview, Armstrong said the rider he admired most was Laurent Jalabert, saying that when he was riding well, he was the fiercest competitor in the bunch. Armstrong then entered and won the Tour of Luxembourg. As a result of these efforts, Armstrong finished third in the voting for the Vélo d'Or. In 1999, he won the Tour de France, including four stages. Armstrong beat the second place rider, Alex Zülle, by 7 minutes 37 seconds. However, the absence of Jan Ullrich (injury) and Marco Pantani (drug allegations) meant Armstrong had not yet proven himself against the biggest names in the sport. Stage wins included the prologue, stage eight, an individual time trial in Metz, an Alpine stage on stage nine, and the second individual time trial on stage 19. In 2000, Ullrich and Pantani returned to challenge Armstrong. The race began a six-year rivalry between Ullrich and Armstrong and ended in victory for Armstrong by 6 minutes 2 seconds over Ullrich. Armstrong took one stage in the 2000 Tour, the second individual time trial on stage 19. At the Summer Olympics 2000, Armstrong raced to third place in the Men's road time trial. In 2013, he was stripped of the bronze medal and third place title by the IOC after he was found guilty of doping. In September that year, Armstrong returned his medal to Olympic officials. In 2001, Armstrong again took top honors at the Tour de France, beating Ullrich by 6 minutes 44 seconds. In 2002, Ullrich did not participate due to suspension, and Armstrong won by seven minutes over Joseba Beloki. During stage eleven and twelve of this Tour is when the race was won as US Postal had Vuelta champ Roberto Heras lead Armstrong up both climbs, breaking the peloton in the process. Then, when Heras' work was done, Armstrong took off to claim the stage wins only having to contend with Beloki. The pattern returned in 2003, Armstrong taking first place and Ullrich second. Only a minute and a second separated the two at the end of the final day in Paris. U.S. Postal won the team time trial on stage 4, and on stage 9, Armstrong nearly crashed out of the Tour while defending the yellow jersey. He was less than a minute ahead of Beloki and Alexander Vinokourov was on a solo attack threatening to overtake Armstrong in the standings. While traversing the Côte de la Rochette Beloki crashed violently and hard, ending his Tour and sending him to the hospital with serious injuries. Armstrong narrowly avoided the same fate by reacting in time to avoid Beloki, but to do so he went off the road and ended up on a foot trail which led downhill through a field. He survived upright on his bike nearly to the end, at which time he picked it up and carried it the rest of the way to the road at the bottom of the hairpin turn, essentially losing no time as a result. He could have been fined or penalized for taking a shortcut, but it was deemed unintentional. Armstrong maintained a gap of only +0:21 over Vinokourov, but Ullrich was emerging as the most likely rider to overthrow Armstrong. Armstrong then took stage 15—despite having been knocked off on the ascent to Luz Ardiden, the final climb—when a spectator's bag caught his right handlebar. Ullrich waited for him, which brought Ullrich fair-play honors. In 2005, Armstrong was beaten by American David Zabriskie in the stage 1 time trial by two seconds, despite having passed Ullrich on the road. His Discovery Channel team won the team time trial, while Armstrong won the final individual time trial. In the mountain stages, Armstrong's lead was attacked multiple times mostly by Ivan Basso, but also by T-mobile leaders Jan Ullrich, Andreas Klöden and Alexandre Vinokourov and former teammate Levi Leipheimer. But still, the American champion handled them well, maintained his lead and, on some occasions, increased it. To complete his record-breaking feat, he crossed the line on the Champs-Élysées on July 24 to win his seventh consecutive Tour, finishing 4m 40s ahead of Basso, with Ullrich third. Another record achieved that year was that Armstrong completed the tour at the highest pace in the race's history: his average speed over the whole tour was 41.7 km/h (26 mph). citing his desire to spend more time with his family and his foundation. During his retirement, Armstrong diverted his attention away from the happenings in professional cycling; however whilst at a conference, in 2008, Armstrong saw Carlos Sastre's win on Alpe d'Huez and "felt a pang". and then another crash on stage 8. He rallied for the brutal Pyrenean stage 16, working as a key player in a successful break that included teammate Chris Horner. He finished his last tour in 23rd place, 39 minutes 20 seconds behind former winner Alberto Contador. He was also a key rider in helping Team RadioShack win the team competition, beating Caisse d'Epargne by 9 minutes, 15 seconds. In October, he announced the end of his international career after the Tour Down Under in January 2011. He stated that after January 2011, he will race only in the U.S. with the Radioshack domestic team. On February 16, 2011, Armstrong announced his retirement from competitive cycling "for good" while still facing a US federal investigation into doping allegations. Collaboration of sponsors Armstrong improved the support behind his well-funded teams, asking sponsors and suppliers to contribute and act as part of the team. For example, rather than having the frame, handlebars, and tires designed and developed by separate companies with little interaction, his teams adopted a Formula One relationship with sponsors and suppliers named "F-One", taking full advantage of the combined resources of several organizations working in close communication. The team, Trek, Nike, AMD, Bontrager (a Trek company), Shimano, Sram, Giro, and Oakley, collaborated for an array of products. ==Doping allegations, investigation, and confession==

For much of his career, Armstrong faced persistent allegations of doping. Armstrong has been criticized for his disagreements with outspoken opponents of doping such as Paul Kimmage Armstrong later confirmed the story, stating on the main evening news on TF1, a national television station: "His accusations aren't good for cycling, for his team, for me, for anybody. If he thinks cycling works like that, he's wrong and he would be better off going home." Armstrong continued to deny the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs for four more years, describing himself as the most tested athlete in the world. : 2004 In 2004, reporters Pierre Ballester and David Walsh published a book alleging Armstrong had used performance-enhancing drugs (). Another figure in the book, Steve Swart, claims he and other riders, including Armstrong, began using drugs in 1995 while members of the Motorola team, a claim denied by other team members. The Times was said to be considering taking action to recoup money from Armstrong in relation to the settlement and court costs. In December 2012 The Sunday Times filed suit against Armstrong for $1.5million. In its suit, the paper sought a return of the original settlement, plus interest and the cost of defending the original case. In August 2013, Armstrong and The Sunday Times reached an undisclosed settlement. Tour de France urine tests: 2005 On August 23, 2005, , a major French daily sports newspaper, reported on its front page under the headline ('The Armstrong Lie') that six urine samples taken from the cyclist during the prologue and five stages of the 1999 Tour de France, frozen and stored since at "Laboratoire national de dépistage du dopage de Châtenay-Malabry" (LNDD), had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in recent retesting conducted as part of a research project into EPO testing methods. Michael Ashenden said "the LNDD absolutely had no way of knowing athlete identity from the sample they're given. They have a number on them, but that's never linked to an athlete's name. The only group that had both the number and the athlete's name is the federation, in this case it was the UCI." He added "There was only two conceivable ways that synthetic EPO could've gotten into those samples. One, is that Lance Armstrong used EPO during the '99 Tour. The other way it could've got in the urine was if, as Lance Armstrong seems to believe, the laboratory spiked those samples. Now, that's an extraordinary claim, and there's never ever been any evidence the laboratory has ever spiked an athlete's sample, even during the Cold War, where you would've thought there was a real political motive to frame an athlete from a different country. There's never been any suggestion that it happened." SCA's Jeff Dorough stated that on October 30, 2012, Armstrong was sent a formal request for the return of $12million in bonuses. It is alleged that Armstrong's legal team has offered a settlement of $1million. On February 4, 2015, the arbitration panel decided 2–1 in SCA's favor and ordered Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corp to pay SCA $10million. The panel's decision was referred to the Texas 116th Civil District Court in Dallas on February 16, 2015, for confirmation. Panel members Richard Faulkner and Richard Chernick sided with SCA; Ted Lyon sided with Armstrong. Armstrong's attorney Tim Herman stated that the panel's ruling was contrary to Texas law and expected that the court would overturn it. The panel's decision said, in part, about Armstrong that, "Perjury must never be profitable" and "it is almost certainly the most devious sustained deception ever perpetrated in world sporting history". On September 27, 2015, Armstrong and SCA agreed to a settlement. Armstrong issued a formal, public apology and agreed to pay SCA an undisclosed sum. Federal investigation: 2010–2012 In a series of emails in May 2010, Floyd Landis admitted to doping and accused Armstrong and others of the same. Based on Landis' allegations, U.S. Justice Department federal prosecutors led an investigation into possible crimes conducted by Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service Cycling Team. The Food and Drug Administration and federal agent Jeff Novitzky were also involved in the investigation. In June 2010, Armstrong hired a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the investigation. The hiring was first reported in July when Armstrong was competing in the 2010 Tour de France. On February 3, 2012, federal prosecutors officially dropped their criminal investigation with no charges. The closing of the case was announced "without an explanation" by U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. When Novitzky was asked to comment on it, he declined. In February 2013, a month after Armstrong admitted to doping, the Justice Department joined Landis' whistleblower lawsuit to recover government funding given to Armstrong's cycling team. USADA investigation and limited confession: 2011–2013 In June 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accused Armstrong of doping and trafficking of drugs, based on blood samples from 2009 and 2010, and testimony from witnesses including former teammates. Further, he was accused of putting pressure on teammates to take unauthorized performance-enhancing drugs as well. In October 2012, USADA formally charged him with running a massive doping ring. It also sought to ban him from participating in sports sanctioned by WADA for life. Armstrong chose not to appeal the findings, saying it would not be worth the toll on his family. As a result, he was stripped of all of his achievements from August 1998 onward, including his seven Tour de France titles. He also received a lifetime ban from all sports that follow the World Anti-Doping Code. As nearly all national and international sporting federations, including UCI, follow the World Anti-Doping Code, this effectively ended his competitive cycling career. The International Cycling Union (UCI) upheld USADA's decision While admitting wrongdoing in the interview, he also said it was "absolutely not" true that he was doping in 2009 or 2010, and claimed that the last time he "crossed the line" was in 2005. He also denied pressuring team-mates into doping. In September 2013, he was asked by UCI's new president, Brian Cookson, to testify about his doping. Armstrong refused to testify until and unless he received complete amnesty, which Cookson said was most unlikely to happen. After USADA's report, all of Armstrong's sponsors dropped him. He reportedly lost $75million of sponsorship income in a day. On May 28, 2013, Nike announced that it would be cutting all ties to Livestrong. In the aftermath of Armstrong's fall from grace, a CNN article wrote that, "The epic downfall of cycling's star, once an idolized icon of millions around the globe, stands out in the history of professional sports." In a 2015 interview with BBC News, Armstrong stated that if it were still 1995, he would "probably do it again". Whistleblower lawsuit: 2010–2018 In 2010, one of Armstrong's former teammates, the American Floyd Landis, whose 2006 Tour de France victory was nullified after a positive doping test, sent a series of emails to cycling officials and sponsors admitting to, and detailing, his systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs during his career. The emails also claimed that other riders and cycling officials participated in doping, including Armstrong. Landis filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against Armstrong under the federal False Claims Act. The False Claims Act allows citizens to sue on behalf of the government alleging the government has been defrauded. The existence of the lawsuit, initially filed under seal, was first revealed by The Wall Street Journal in 2010. In the lawsuit, Landis alleged that Armstrong and team managers defrauded the US government when they accepted money from the US Postal Service. In January 2013, US Justice Department officials recommended joining the federal lawsuit aimed at clawing back money from Armstrong. In February, the US Department of Justice joined the whistleblower lawsuit, which also accused former Postal Service team director Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports, the firm that managed the US Postal Service team, of defrauding the US. In April 2014, documents from the AIC case were filed by lawyers representing Landis in relation to the whistleblower suit. In these documents, Armstrong stated under oath that Jose "Pepi" Marti, Dr Pedro Celaya, Dr Luis Garcia del Moral and Dr Michele Ferrari had all provided him with doping products in the period up until 2005. He also named people who had transported or acted as couriers, as well as people that were aware of his doping practices. One week later, the USADA banned Bruyneel from cycling for ten years and Celaya and Marti for eight years. In June 2014, US district judge Robert Wilkins denied Armstrong's request to dismiss the government lawsuit stating "The court denies without prejudice the defendants' motion to dismiss the government's action as time-barred." In February 2017, the court determined that the federal government's 100million civil lawsuit against Armstrong, started by Landis, would proceed to trial. The matter was settled in April 2018 when Armstrong agreed to pay the United States Government 5million. During the proceedings it was revealed that the US Postal Service had paid 31million in sponsorship to Armstrong and Tailwind Sports between 2001 and 2004. The Department of Justice accused Armstrong of violating his contract with the USPS and committing fraud when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. It was reported that Landis would receive 1.1million as a result of his whistleblower actions. Other lawsuits: 2010 to present In November 2013, Armstrong settled a lawsuit with Acceptance Insurance Company (AIC). AIC had sought to recover $3million it had paid Armstrong as bonuses for winning the Tour de France from 1999 to 2001. The suit was settled for an undisclosed sum one day before Armstrong was scheduled to give a deposition under oath. ==Personal life==

during the 2006 UT football season Armstrong owns homes in Austin, Texas, and Aspen, Colorado, as well as a ranch in the Texas Hill Country. The same year that Lance and Kristin Armstrong were divorced, Lance began dating singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. The couple announced their engagement in September 2005 and their split in February 2006. In July 2008, Armstrong began dating Anna Hansen after meeting through Armstrong's charity work. In December 2008, Armstrong announced that Hansen was pregnant with the couple's first child. Although it was believed that Armstrong could no longer father children due to having undergone chemotherapy for testicular cancer, the child was conceived naturally. Politics and Armstrong mountain biking at the president's Prairie Chapel Ranch In a New York Times article, teammate George Hincapie hinted that Armstrong would run for Governor of Texas after cycling. In the July 2005 issue of Outside magazine, Armstrong hinted at running for governor, although "not in '06". Armstrong was co-chair of a California campaign committee to pass the California Cancer Research Act, a ballot measure defeated by California voters on June 5, 2012. Outside cycling In 1997, Armstrong founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports people affected by cancer. The foundation raises awareness of cancer and has raised The following year, in 2012, Armstrong began pursuing qualification into the 2012 Ironman World Championship. He was scheduled to next participate in Ironman France on June 24. However, the June suspension by USADA and eventual ban by WADA prohibited Armstrong from further racing Ironman branded events due to World Triathlon Corporation anti-doping policies. In July 2011 and July 2013, Armstrong participated in the non-competitive Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Business and investments Outside cycling, Armstrong is also an active businessman and investor. He owns a coffee shop called "Juan Pelota Cafe" in downtown Austin, Texas. The name is a joking reference to his testicular cancer, with the name Juan being considered by some a homophone for one and Pelota being the Spanish word for 'ball'. A line of cycling clothing from Nike, 10//2, was named after the date (October 2, 1996) Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In 2008, Armstrong bought several million dollars of stock in the American bicycle component manufacturer SRAM Corporation, and has served as their technical advisor. SRAM bought those shares back from him in preparation for a public offering. Armstrong owns a small share of Trek Bicycle Corporation. In , Armstrong invested $100,000 into venture capital firm Lowercase Capital, which subsequently bought an early stake in Uber, among other investments. In 2019, Uber achieved an IPO of $82 billion and earned Armstrong an estimated $20–$30 million. According to CNBC, Armstrong said "it saved our family". ==In popular culture==

In February 2026, it was announced that a film biopic about Armstrong was in development. The film will be directed by Edward Berger, with Berger, Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbit all serving as producers. The film is also being written by Zach Baylin. Austin Butler is also set to portray Armstrong. ==Media==

In 2017, Armstrong started a podcast named "The Move", which provided daily coverage of the Tour de France in 2018 and 2019. He also appeared—without compensation—on NBC Sports Network's live Tour de France television broadcasts. The UCI indicated the podcast and NBC appearances did not violate the terms of his ban. ==Career achievements==

Major results Road ;1990 :8th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1991 :1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1992 :1st Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic ::1st Stage 2 :1st First Union Grand Prix :1st Stage 6 Settimana Bergamasca :1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Galicia :1st Stage 2 Trittico Premondiale :2nd Züri-Metzgete :8th Coppa Bernocchi ;1993 :1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Overall Kmart West Virginia Classic ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 :1st Overall Tour of America :1st Trofeo Laigueglia :1st Thrift Drug Classic :1st Stage 8 Tour de France :2nd Overall Tour DuPont ::1st Stage 5 :3rd Overall Tour of Sweden ::1st Stage 3 :5th Wincanton Classic :9th Overall Paris–Nice ;1994 :1st Thrift Drug Classic :2nd Overall Tour DuPont ::1st Stage 7 :2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège :2nd Clásica de San Sebastián :7th Overall Tour de Suisse :7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships :9th Trofeo Laigueglia :9th Züri-Metzgete ;1995 :1st Overall Tour DuPont ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 4, 5 (ITT) & 9 :1st Overall Kmart West Virginia Classic ::1st Stage 4 :1st Clásica de San Sebastián :1st Stage 18 Tour de France :1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice :5th Road race, National Road Championships :6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège :10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos :10th Züri-Metzgete ;1996 :1st Overall Tour DuPont ::1st Stages 2, 3b (ITT), 5, 6 & 12 (ITT) :1st La Flèche Wallonne :2nd Overall Paris–Nice :2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland :2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège :2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx :4th Overall Tour de Suisse :4th Wincanton Classic :6th Time trial, Olympic Games :8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen :9th LuK Challenge Chrono (with Sean Yates ;1998 :1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Stage 1 :1st Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt :1st Cascade Cycling Classic :1st Sprint 56K Criterium :4th Overall Ronde van Nederland {{Hidden begin :4th Overall Vuelta a España :4th Road race, UCI Road World Road Championships ;1999 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Prologue, Stages 8 (ITT), 9 & 19 (ITT) :1st Stage 4 Route du Sud :1st Stage 4 (ITT) Circuit de la Sarthe :1st RaboRonde Heerlen :2nd Amstel Gold Race :7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón :8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Prologue ;2000 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 19 (ITT) :1st Grand Prix des Nations :1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx :2nd Paris–Camembert :3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 3 (ITT) :3rd Time trial, Olympic Games :3rd Classique des Alpes :4th Grand Prix Gippingen :5th Züri-Metzgete :7th GP Miguel Induráin ;2001 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Stages 10, 11 (ITT), 13 & 18 (ITT) :1st Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 8 (ITT) :2nd Amstel Gold Race :2nd Classique des Alpes ;2002 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Prologue, Stages 11, 12 & 19 (ITT) :1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 6 :1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre :1st Profronde van Stiphout :2nd Overall Critérium International :3rd Züri-Metzgete :4th Amstel Gold Race :5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx :6th San Francisco Grand Prix :8th LuK Challenge Chrono (with Floyd Landis) ;2003 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 15 :1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 3 (ITT) :6th LuK Challenge Chrono (with Viatcheslav Ekimov) :8th Amstel Gold Race ;2004 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Stages 4 (TTT), 13, 15, 16 (ITT), 17 & 19 (ITT) :1st Overall Tour de Georgia ::1st Stages 3 & 4 (ITT) :1st Profronde van Stiphout :3rd Overall Critérium International :4th LuK Challenge Chrono (with George Hincapie) :5th Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stage 4 (ITT) :6th Overall Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon ::1st Stage 5 ;2005 :1st Overall Tour de France ::1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 20 (ITT) :4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Points classification :5th Overall Tour de Georgia ;2009 :1st Nevada City Classic :2nd Overall Tour of the Gila :3rd Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 4 (TTT) :7th Overall Tour of California ;2010 :2nd Overall Tour de Suisse :3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg :7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia Grand Tour general classification results timeline Triathlon & Ironman ;1989 :2nd Bud Light U.S. Triathlon Series (USTS)–Miami (Olympic Distance) :1st National Sprint Course Triathlon ;1990 :1st National Sprint Course Triathlon ;2011 :5th XTERRA USA Championships ;2012 :1st Ironman 70.3 Hawaii :1st Ironman 70.3 Florida :3rd Ironman 70.3 St. Croix :7th Ironman 70.3 Texas :2nd Ironman 70.3 Panama :2nd Power of Four Mountain Bike Race Mountain Bike ;2008 :1st 12 Hours of Snowmass :2nd Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race ;2009 :1st Colorado Pro Cross-Country Championships :1st Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race ==Filmography==

• Road to Paris (2001), documentary • DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004), cameo appearance • You, Me and Dupree (2006), cameo appearance • The Armstrong Lie (2013), documentary • Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014), documentary • The Program (2015), biographical drama film • Tour de Pharmacy (2017), appearing as himself, acting as parody of an anonymous source • 30 for 30: Lance (2020), documentary ==Accolades==

• United States Olympic Committee (USOC) SportsMan of the Year (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) • Six-mile Lance Armstrong Bikeway through downtown Austin, Texas, built by the city of Austin at a cost of $3.2 million. • Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award presented by the United States Sports Academy (1999) Rescinded awards • BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award (2003) • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Tufts University (2006) • Key to the city of Adelaide (2012) • Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year Winner (2003) • ''Vélo d'Or Award by Velo'' magazine in France (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004) ==See also==

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