| Capital: | € 45 million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 48 |
| Born: | 09/18/1971 |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Source of wealth: | Cyclist |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Lance Armstrong has never made a secret as an extreme man. During his active time as a cyclist, he achieved an unprecedented increase because of severe illness with cancer to become a winner of the seven-time Tur De France series.
After his career, Armstrong became the protagonist from an unprecedented doping scandal which cost seven Tour de France’s degree and caused his public branding as a fraud.
Armstrong must also pay tribute to a financially doping scandal. After an estimated 110 million euros, he can still call himself more than 45 million despite all fines.
Early Life
Lance Armstrong was born in 1971 on the outskirts of Dallas. He was only two years old when his father left his family. After the separation, Ms. Lance married his adoptive father in the future of Terry Armstrong, who gave him a hard and sometimes violent care. Looking for ways to escape the intimidation of his stepfather, Lance Armstrong found cycling for himself.
In 1984 Armstrong tried for the first time as a triathlete at the age of 13 years. In 1987 he participated in his first bicycle race. In 1988 he had his first success when he took third place in a short distance triathlon in the national championship. This year he was also invited to a junior national cycling team training camp.
In 1989 and 1990 he was then celebrated as a national champion at the distance of Sprint Triathlon. In 1991, the national championship was in road racing for amateurs following. A year later, Armstrong was 14 in a road race at the Barcelona Olympics.
Career
In 1992 Lance Armstrong signed his first professional contract with the Motorola team. A year later, he participated in the de France tour for the first time and immediately won his first stage. However, he must stop the tour prematurely for health reasons. In the same year he became the champion of the youngest street world of all time in Oslo.
Armstrong completed the Tour de France for the first time in 1995 and won another stage. In this way, he gets a reputation as an expert in a one day race. However, only a few of them believe he could win the Tour de France, especially because he lost too much time at the mountain stage.
1996 became the first main turning point in Armstrong biography due to a cancer diagnosis. This disease is very advanced so it has not been clear if he will survive. In retrospect, Armstrong often talked about the fact that suffering had given him a mental device he owed a winning streak at the Tour de France.
It was only thanks to special chemotherapy, especially the pain that he did to avoid lung damage which would mean the end of his career.
Armstrong returned in 1998 as part of the US POS team. Victory at Luxembourg Tour and fourth place in Vuelta, Espana is amazing, but the media talks about sensations and “comeback of the century” when Armstrong won the Tour de France for the first time the following year.
Six more wins followed. After that, Armstrong did not have a lot of success until he retired in 2011.
Although there were serious indications in 2000 that Armstrong had doses in the victory of the Tour de France, the truth was only revealed in 2010 when two former teammates claimed. Disclosure to draw all Armstrong titles have won since 1998.
Career spotlight.
Because of the doping affairs and the loss of his title, it is difficult to talk about highlighting Lance Armstrong’s career. If there is, the struggle is successful against cancer and a comeback that follows hope to many cancer patients. Armstrong continues to fight cancer through its commitment to those affected.
Famous quotes
“I didn’t find a culture of cycling doping, but I also didn’t try to end it. Sports now pay the price for it. Forgive me.”
“The story is perfect for so long. You survived this disease, win a tour of seven times, having a happy marriage and children. This is a perfect mystical story. But
“The story is perfect for so long. You survived this disease, win a tour of seven times, having a happy marriage and children. This is a perfect mystical story. But it’s not real.”
“Yes yes yes yes.” (Five answers to the question whether he used to use a banned substance;
“Not.” (Answer the question whether, in his opinion, you can win the Tour de France seven times without doping)
Amazing facts
Armstrong is sometimes associated with leading women such as actress Ashley Olsen and Rock Singer Sheryl Crow
In 2004, Armstrong had a brief appearance with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller in the film “Full of Beans”
Armstrong’s book “The Tour of Life” is number one in the German bestseller list
