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Lance Armstrong at the 2010 Tour de France

Lance Armstrong

Date of birth:
18/09/1971
Nationality:
United States

Lance Amstrong retired in 2011. Before that he had one of the most successful but controversial careers in professional cycling. He won 7 Tour de France from 1999 to 2005, after coming back from cancer. 

Lance Armstrong retired from the sport in 2005 only to announce a comeback in 2008. He rode for Astana in 2009, finishing third in the Tour de France. The following season he again rode the Tour but failed to challenge for the yellow jersey. He made his last professional outing at the 2011 Tour Down Under.

Key results

1st Tour de France 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
25 Tour de France stage wins
1st Road World Cycling Championships 1993
1st FlècheWallonne 1996
1st Critérium du DauphinéLibéré 2002, 2003
1st Tour de Suisse 2001
1st Clásica de San Sebastián 1995
1st National Road Race Champion 1993
2nd Amstel Gold 2001
3rd Olympic Games Individual Time Trial


2010

2nd Tour de Suisse

2009

3rd Tour de France
1st Stage 4 Tour de France

2005

1st Tour de France
1st stages 4 & 20 Tour de France

2004

1st Tour de France
1st Stages 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 & 19 Tour de France

2003

1st Tour de France
1st Stages 4 &15 Tour de France
1stDauphinéLibéré

2002

1st Tour de France
1st Prologue, Stages 11, 12 & 19 Tour de France
1stDauphinéLibéré

2001

1st Tour de France
1st Stages 10, 11, 13 & 18 Tour de France
1st Tour de Suisse
2nd Amstel Gold

2000

1st Tour de France
1stChrono des Nations
3rd Olympic Games Individual Time Trial
3rdDauphinéLibéré

1999

1st Tour de France
1st Prologue, Stages 8, 9, 19 Tour de France

1996

1st FlècheWallonne
2nd Paris-Nice

1995

1st Stage 18 Tour de France
1st Clásica San Sebastián
1st  Stage 5 Paris-Nice

1993

1st World Road Championships
1st Stage 8, Tour de France
1st National Championships road race

 

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