Lance Armstrong: The Rise and Fall of a Champion

Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who was born on September 18, 1971 in Texas, US. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005 but was stripped of his titles after an investigation found he used performance-enhancing drugs over his career.

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Armstrong was born Lance Edward Gunderson and is of Canadian, Dutch, and Norwegian descent. His father was not involved in his upbringing, and so he became close to his mother. From an early age, Lance displayed great talent as an athlete and showed a strong will and determination – training for many hours. Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles after an investigation found he used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. He repeatedly denied doping allegations following his return from cancer until finally confessing during a television interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013. In 2018, he agreed to pay $5m (£3.5m) to the US government to settle a long-running lawsuit that could have cost him $100m (£71m) in damages.