Lance Armstrong Tour De France Wins

Anti doping agency that there is overwhelming evidence that armstrong was involved as a professional cyclist in the most sophisticated professionalized and successful.

Lance armstrong tour de france wins. Lance armstrong stripped of tour de france wins banned for life editors note. On july 24 2005 american cyclist lance armstrong wins a record setting seventh consecutive tour de france and retires from the sport. Once the toast of the champs elysees lance armstrong was formally stripped of his seven tour titles monday and banned. In stage 10 in 2001 on the iconic alpe dhuez armstrong gave what came to be known as the look turning back to stare.

The decision follows this months finding by the us. Learn more about his life and career. Established in 1903 by newspaper lauto the tour is the most well known and prestigious of cyclings three grand tours. Plano texas tour de france.

Armstrong and ullrichs most notable tour de france interactions. Shimano first graced a tour winners bicycle in 1999 with the first win for the legendary lance armstrong who after battling testicular cancer went on to win a record breaking 7 tour de france titles the american groupset manufacturer sram first won the tour de france on the astana trek bicycle of alberto contador in 2009 featuring their unique double tap shifting mechanism pictured right. September 18 1971 is an american former professional road racing cyclisthe became regarded as a sports icon for his seven consecutive tour de france wins from 1999 to 2005 the most in the events historyhowever armstrongs reputation was tarnished by a doping scandal and he was stripped of all of his achievements from august 1998. After armstrong survived testicular cancer his rise to.

The race usually covers approximately 3500 kilometres 2200 mi. Uci president pat mcquaid. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 22 individual stage wins world championships road race. Lance armstrong american cyclist who was the only rider to win seven tour de france titles 19992005 but who was later stripped of all his titles after an investigation revealed that he was the key figure in a wide ranging doping conspiracy while he compiled his tour victories.

This is a list of the tour de france general classification winnersthe tour de france is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in july. The others are the giro ditalia and the vuelta a espana. Lance edward armstrong born lance edward gunderson.