Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road cyclist who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005. Those titles were stripped in 2012 after a US Anti-Doping Agency investigation found that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his career; he also received a lifetime ban from sanctioned cycling competition. Armstrong now comments on cycling as part of The Move podcast.
Lance Armstrong vital statistics
| Name: | Lance Armstrong |
| Nickname: | Mellow Johnny |
| Nationality: | American |
| Place of birth: | Pano, Texas |
| Date of birth: | 18/09/1971 |
| Height: | 1.77 m (5 ft 9.5 in) |
| Weight: | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Spouse/partner: | Anna Hansen (m. 2022) |
| Career highlights: | 7x Tour de France winner* |
| Current team: | Retired |
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Lance Armstrong career highlights
Armstrong began his professional career in 1992 with Motorola. He won the UCI Road World Championship in 1993 and the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, before being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996.britannica+1
After recovering from cancer, he returned to professional racing in 1998 with the US Postal Service team.
Grand Tours
- 7x Tour de France winner, 1999 - 2005*
- 25 Tour de France stage wins
*All 7 of Armstrong's Tour de France titles and stages were stripped for doping offices in 2012.
One-day races
- Road world champion, 1993
- Bronze, individual time trial — Sydney 2000
Lance Armstrong leading the Tour de France.
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Latest Comments
- Did I read this right: he won stages at the Tour, but also had to do the whole race on his own? How does one rider manage all those wins in a season?raceready728-10-2026
- Five Tour de France stages and the overall win? Pogačar’s level is just ridiculous.cadencekingm28-10-2026
- Pogacar had 22 wins before his Vuelta crash — hard not to wonder what the final tally might have been if he’d stayed upright. Hope he’s fully recovered for next season.samanthak28-10-2026
- UAE’s 78 wins are remarkable given the crashes and Almeida’s health problems. Del Toro’s 12 victories are a real bright spot too.lindae28-10-2026
- Who cares what these two, or any two individuals think about the course? Speaking of the course, the next time this subject is written about, you would better serve your readers if you included the terrain that the TTs will be ridden over. It's not just the distances; the amount of climbing within the distances is also critical and, perhaps, even determinative. Do Better.rjb28-10-2026
- The article makes it sound like Italy can simply take confidence from their Olympic wins, but Denmark’s been dominant at Worlds. What needs to change for Italy to close that gap?raceready728-10-2026
- Four races, four medals for Ganna — not a bad week at all! I’m still learning how team pursuit works: does the team with the fastest time always win, or are there heats as well?breakawaybikerd28-10-2026
- Ganna and Milan together at Lidl-Trek could be a cracking combination. Whether Ganna ends up in the lead-out or gets more room for the Classics will be fascinating to see.cyclechamp4528-10-2026
- Milan’s world record, pursuit title and team pursuit silver make for a brilliant end to the season. That7-second gap to Denmark shows just how much work Italy have ahead of them before LA, though.bikebuffj28-10-2026
- - I like that there’s finally something to debate beyond whether Tadej will win again. Bring on 2027!samanthak27-10-2026
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