Lance Edward Armstrong, a former professional road racer from the United States, was born on September 18, 1971. He was regarded as a sporting legend for winning the Tour de France seven times in a row from 1999 to 2005 after overcoming testicular cancer. However, after an inquiry revealed that he had taken performance-enhancing substances throughout his career, all of his titles were eventually removed.

Armstrong started competing in triathlons at the age of 16, and he won the national sprint-course triathlon title in 1989 and 1990. He started his professional cycling career in 1992 with the Motorola team. Between 1993 and 1996, he was successful, winning the World Championship in 1993, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, the Tour DuPont in 1995, and a few European stage victories, including stages 8 and 18 of the Tour de France in 1993 and 1995, respectively.

He received a 1996 diagnosis of metastatic testicular cancer, which might be fatal. In order to help other cancer survivors, he established the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which is now known as the Livestrong Foundation.

Armstrong returned to cycling in 1998 and won seven Tour de France titles with the US Postal/Discovery team between 1998 and 2005. Armstrong retired from racing at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returned to competitive cycling in January 2009 with the Astana team, finishing third in the 2009 Tour de France. He raced for Team Radio Shack from 2010 to 2011, before retiring for the second time in 2011.

Lance Armstrong’s parents: Eddie Charles Gunderson, Linda Armstrong Kelly

Armstrong was born at Methodist Hospital in Richardson, Texas, the son of secretary Linda Gayle and The Dallas Morning News route manager Eddie Charles Gunderson (died 2012).

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