Lance Armstrong Information

Lance Armstrong
Armstrong in 2003speaking at the America's National Institutes of Health
Armstrong in 2003
speaking at the America's National Institutes of Health
Personal information
Full nameLance Edward Armstrong
NicknameThe Boss, Mellow Johnny
(from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)
Date of birthSeptember 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 37)
Country United States
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Weight1993: 79 kg (170 lb)
1999: 74 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current teamAstana
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-Rounder
Amateur team(s)1
1990–1991
1991
Subaru-Montgomery
US National Team
Professional team(s)1
1992–1996
1997
1998–2005
2009–
Motorola
Cofidis
US Postal
Astana
Major wins
Tour de France (1999–2005), 22 stages
World Cycling Champion (1993)
Flag of the United States US National Cycling Champion (1993)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1995)
La Flèche Wallonne (1996)
Tour de Suisse (2001)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2002, 2003)
Infobox last updated on:
July 26, 2008

1 Team names given are those prevailing
at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Kazakhstan-based UCI ProTeam Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005.

He is the only individual to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins, shared by Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. He has survived testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs, in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, and his prognosis was originally poor.

In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. He received ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003. Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, 2005, at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returned to competitive cycling in January 2009.






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