Details of Lance Armstrong

Armstrong began his professional cycling career in 1992. In 1999, he was ranked seventh in the world. In that year, he represented the U.S. Postal Team and won the overall rider championship in the Tour de France.

From then until 2003, he won five consecutive Tour de France titles, tying the record of five consecutive Tour de France titles set by Spanish rider Andurán and others.

In 2004, Armstrong once again won the Tour de France driver championship, becoming the first driver in the history of the Tour de France to win six consecutive championships.

In 2005, Armstrong participated in the Tour de France for the 10th time and put on the yellow leader jersey from the fourth stage, laying the foundation for his seventh consecutive driver championship.

On July 24, Armstrong successfully achieved his seventh consecutive Tour de France title, once again creating a miracle in the history of the Tour de France.

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Lance Armstrong

Name: Lance Edward Armstrong Nicknames: "Boss", "Huang "Shirt", "Texas Bull" Nationality: American Gender: Boy Birthday: September 18, 1971 (40 years old) Height: 1.79 meters Weight: 79 kg in 1993, 73 kg in 1999 Team: 1992-1996 Motorola, 1997 Cofidis, 1998-2004 United States Postal Service, 2005 Discovery Channel, 2009 ASTANA 2010 Team Radioshack Project: Cycling Honors: Seven consecutive Tour de France championships from 1999-2005, 2009 Third place in the 2001 Tour de France, 1993 U.S. multiple champion, world championship champion, 2001 Tour of Switzerland champion

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Armstrong participated in the World Championships in October 1996 Testicular cancer was diagnosed while competing at a top-level road race.

The cancer has spread into the body, and even doctors have no hope of recovery.

But after 12 weeks of chemotherapy and more than a year of suspension and recuperation, Armstrong recovered in February 1998, and later created the miracle of winning seven consecutive Tour de France championships, which is known as "Hero of the Tour".

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Born on September 18, 1971 in Texas, USA, he was raised by his mother Linda.

Lance Armstrong

Participated in the World Youth Cycling Championships for the first time in 1989; became the U.S. Amateur Champion in 1991; participated in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, ranking 14th in the road cycling race, and then switched to As a professional driver; participated in the Tour de France for the first time in 1993 and won a stage championship; won three domestic championships in the United States that year and won the World Championships in Norway; won 18 stages of the Tour de France in 1995 and became the Dedicated to teammate Cassatelli who died in a car accident during the game.

In the same year, he won the San Sebastian Classic; in 1996, he won the Franche-Warren Race; he finished 12th in the road race and sixth in the individual time trial at the Atlanta Olympics.

In the same year, he signed with the French Cofidis team. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer that year and was concluded that there was only a 50% chance of survival. He subsequently underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

In 1997, he announced that he had recovered from cancer and left the Cofidis Racing Team to join the United States Postal Service Team; in 1998, he won the Tour of Luxembourg Championship, fourth place in the Tour of Spain, and individual time trial and road races at the World Championships in the Netherlands. Fourth place in the race; Lance Armstrong

won the Tour de France driver championship for the first time in 1999, and won the stage championship four times; in 2000, he defeated former champions including Ulrich and Pantani. Many top players in the Tour de France have won the Tour de France driver championship and won the bronze medal in the individual time trial at the Sydney Olympics; in 2001, he became the fifth driver championship in the 88-year history of the Tour de France to win more than three consecutive championships. The first four were Louis Sen. Burbet (1953-55), Anquetel (1961-64), Eddy Merckx (1969-72) and Andourin (1991-95) won four consecutive Tour de France titles in 2002, winning Four stage champions and held the title since the 11th stage when he put on the yellow jersey. In 2003, he won the Laureus Male Athlete of the Year Award. He started to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey on the 8th stage and finally won the championship. Achieved five consecutive championships, and separated from his wife in the same year; he began dating singer Shelly Crow in 2004, and after winning the yellow jersey on stage 15, he kept it until the finish line Lance Armstrong

, won a record six consecutive Tour de France titles; participated in the Paris-Nice cycling race in March 2005 but withdrew after four stages. On April 18, he announced that he would retire after this year's Tour de France.

Won an unprecedented seven Tour de France crowns on July 24

Lance and his mother

“My mother and I grew up together.

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The king cannot ignore my mother!" Lance said.

In 1971 in Oak Cliff, Texas, a 17-year-old girl gave birth to a baby boy.

People said that this girl named Linda Mooneyham gave birth to a burden, but she held the child and said to everyone: "This is my child Lance, you will remember Live with him!" A year later, Linda was abandoned.

In order to survive, Linda worked as a maid, postman and cleaner, earning 400 US dollars a month, and there was little left after paying the rent.

The hardship of life forced her to remarry, but Lance was regarded as a "bastard" by his stepfather and was often beaten severely.

At the age of 7, Lance owned a mountain bike.

He firmly believed that as long as he rode fast enough, he could escape from this ghost place.

From then on, Lance used these wheels to travel back and forth on the mountain roads of his hometown to crush his bitter childhood.

In fifth grade, he won the principal's running championship, and also won 4th place in the state swimming meet and the state junior triathlon championship.

But Linda was admitted to the hospital due to uterine tumors, and the money she spent was Lance's competition bonus.

The nurses were envious of the "siblings" - no one thought they were mother and son.

But soon, Lance was severely beaten because he discovered that his stepfather was having an affair with another woman.

Linda left the villain with her sick body and her dying son on her back.

In order to survive, you must fight hard.

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In the 1987 "Presidents Cup Triathlon", 15-year-old Lance ranked 32nd among thousands of adult athletes, and the second It became No. 5 in the year.

Since then, Lance has repeatedly changed his birth date to participate in various competitions and win prizes to fill his and Linda's stomachs.

Lance's training was once crazy.

One afternoon, he was hit by a truck while riding at high speed. He needed 9 stitches on his head, 17 stitches on his thigh, and a dislocated kneecap. However, he used nail scissors to remove the stitches 6 days later and borrowed A bicycle crooked its neck and entered the field and broke into the top three.

The doctor sighed: "What a bull!" A few days later, the bull rewrote the record of the 1990 New Mexico Cycling Time Trial and was selected to the national team at the World Youth Cycling Championships.

In 1993, the US Professional Championship offered a million-dollar championship prize.

Lance screamed all the way, shouting "Mom! No need to suffer poverty anymore!" He was the first to cross the finish line, and then threw himself into Linda's arms and cried loudly.

At the World Championships held in Oslo, the capital of Norway, in the same year, Linda sat in the grandstand for 7 hours in the pouring rain, motionless watching her son struggle in the mud.

Lance wins again! King Holod did not allow Linda to enter when he received Lance.

Lance said: "In front of me, the king must not ignore my mother!" Just like the mother did to her son, Lance took Linda and said to everyone: "This is my mother. Linda, you will never forget her."

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In 1996, Lance was ranked fifth in the international rankings, and it would be quite a breakthrough. Difficult, he failed to complete the entire Tour de France for three consecutive years.

His understanding of racing is just to jump on the bicycle and pedal as hard as he can. It is obvious that he cannot make achievements in the Tour de France, the highest international cycling event, by relying on brute strength.

He needs to settle and mature slowly.

This process should have been spent on a bicycle, but Lance spent it in a hospital bed.

Survival after death, redefining cancer

"Cancer is not a form of death, but a part of life.

" Lan after recovery Si said.

After winning the "Freche-Vallone" in 1996, Lance changed his habit of screaming loudly and pumping his fists up and down. He felt weak.

In the next Tour de France, he withdrew from the competition due to testicular swelling and coughing. At the Atlanta Olympics, he suffered a tragic defeat due to vaginal pain and blurred vision.

At his 25th birthday party, Lance suddenly suffered a splitting headache, and a few days later he vomited a large mouthful of blood while on the phone.

When he woke up on the morning of September 30, he found that his testicles had swollen to the size of an orange.

Lance, who had never been sick since childhood, had to come to the hospital. After a comprehensive examination, the doctor made a diagnosis of testicular cancer that had spread widely.

On the way home, Lance did not speed for the first time in his life.

This tough guy who just a few hours ago thought he was invulnerable was now shaking all over and simply stopped the car and burst into tears.

The traffic jam behind him became a long queue, and the loudspeakers sounded like a death knell to him.

Linda flew to her son overnight, crying the whole way but regaining her strength before walking in the door.

She took Lance into her arms and watched him sleep.

Early the next morning, Lance was pushed into the operating room. For three hours, Linda sat on the bench in tears.

But when her son was pushed out, Linda quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Don't be afraid of anything, mom is here!" The operation was successful, but the incision was deep and long.

Linda stayed by her son's side day and night. At the slightest sign of movement, she immediately jumped up from her chair.

The doctor said that the cancer spread rapidly throughout the body.

In addition, since Lance has just transferred, he has no medical insurance! Linda had to sell her house and car and try every means to raise funds.

With tumors all over his body and an economic crisis, Lance became very negative.

At this time, a patient named Kelly entered Lance's life like an angel and brought many little stories to Lance.

One of them said that someone was forced to the roof by the flood.

A motorboat came to save him, and he said God would save him.

Later, when a helicopter came to rescue him, he still said the same thing.

After the man drowned, he complained to God. God said, I first sent a motorboat and then a helicopter, you idiot! Kelly warned Lance not to imitate that idiot, the choice is always in his own hands.

Lance became much more cheerful, but chemotherapy failed to curb the spread of cancer cells. 12 fatal tumors occupied the brain, lungs and abdomen, and choriocarcinoma was everywhere in the blood. cell.

The doctor decided to use a large dose of bleomycin, which would destroy the lungs and make Lance bid farewell to the game forever.

Lance's condition attracted the attention of many car fans, and one of the famous oncologists denied the treatment plan.

Destroying an athlete's lungs, he said, is like breaking a bird's wings.

Under his introduction, Lance found Dr. Nix, who was the disciple of the American testicular cancer master Einhorn.

The Knicks will first have surgery to remove the brain tumor, and then use VIP (vinblastine, itoposide, ifosfamide and cisplatin) chemotherapy, which is more devastating in the short term but There is no damage to the lungs in the long term.

If you pass the test successfully, you can undergo BEP treatment again.

But Nix revealed to Linda that Lance's chance of being cured was only 3%.

VIP chemotherapy lasted for 3 weeks, the same time as the Tour de France, but seemed more difficult.

I have participated in the Tour de France three times and never completed the entire race. Will I suffer the same fate this time? The first two sessions of treatment tortured Lance into a dehumanized state. His hair and eyelashes fell out, his face turned pale, something seemed to be burning in his veins, and all he coughed out from his chest were pieces of asphalt-like stuff.

During the third course of treatment, severe pain and nausea came day and night. It felt like the toughest climb in the Tour de France, but the difference was that quitting meant death.

The fourth course of treatment is the limit of this chemotherapy regimen. It is not used by ordinary patients, but it is indispensable for Lance, who is terminally ill.

Lance seemed to have returned to the fetal state. It was impossible to blink an eye. He was lying half asleep, hanging upside down in the abyss... During this time, La Therese was taking good care of Lance. She is a skilled and considerate head nurse.

They became good friends and talked about everything. Lance even complained about her to pass the boredom.

Lance would scold her for being stingy because she had too little anti-nausea medication, and ridicule her for being too generous for injecting so many damn chemotherapy drugs every day.

La Therese was always so patient, she would say: "Be obedient, at least during this time, I am your mother.

" Tumor indicators began to decline , the blood index numbers every day are encouraging, this has become Lance’s yellow jersey, just like the Tour de France, he started to lead, 10 seconds! 20 seconds! You can get out of bed, you can walk, you can exercise, you can... One day, Nicks smiled and said, you can ride a bike.

Lance was stunned for a moment, then hugged Nyx and La Trace.

During his final days out of the hospital, Lance visited little Kelly.

On the sunny table, Lance played Scrabble with Kelly. He took apart cancer and spelled out the words "courage, attitude, never give up, curability" starting with each letter. , enligent, rememberance of fellow patients.

Little Kelly's eyes lit up, she clapped her hands and said, "That's great! Cancer = courage + attitude + never give up + can be cured + enlightenment + remember the patients.

"Lance smiled, this was his definition of cancer.

Returning to the sun and establishing the "myth of Reims"

"With my previous strength, ignorance, aggression and self-abasement disappeared, and it was undoubtedly the latter who helped me Winning the Tour de France

" Lance said.

For one year, the Knicks doctor did not allow Lance to participate in any games.

So what should be done? It was not Lance's character to be idle.

Do something for the patients. Why not set up a cancer foundation? His former sponsors also expressed support.

Lance immediately started working on this work, and thus met his later wife, the beautiful and capable Christine.

Together they planned the "Rose Cycling Race" that symbolizes love.

In March 1997, the first "Race of the Roses" raised $200,000 for the foundation.

Later, this event became the largest charity cycling race in the world.

That summer, Lance and Christine embarked on a romantic trip to Europe.

During the Tour de France, Christine cheered as she watched the colorful riders speed past against a backdrop of the towering Pyrenees.

"My dear, go back to your position!" "Can I do that?" "Compared with chemotherapy, the largest steep slopes in the Alps have become flat ground.

The Texas Bulls will definitely make a comeback!" Lance rode the dusty racing car under the bright sun again, venting his excess energy everywhere like a trapped animal.

He was running on the dreamy mountain road, regaining the feeling of the past little by little.

A year later, he tried to compete, and ended up finishing 14th in the five-day race across Spain. This result shocked himself.

Careful fans have discovered that Lance is no longer the reckless boy he used to be. He has begun to pay attention to tactics and consciously control his power. He is no longer aggressive and aggressive, and is humble to his opponents when necessary.

Lance's performance has been steadily rising, ranking fourth in the US Professional Championship, the Tour of the Netherlands and the Tour of Spain, and winning the Tour of Luxembourg! Faced with the shock of the world's racing community, Lance remained calm and set his sights on the Tour de France! Lance began intensive training in the Alps and Pyrenees, for which he gave up dozens of international competitions.

He repeatedly searched for the balance point between body weight and bike weight, the critical value of kicking and speed, and the optimal ratio of diet and consumption.

He knows that to win in the Tour de France, you have to persevere when others want to give up.

For this reason, he chose heavy rain, sultry heat, and cloudy weather for intensive training.

In the most difficult stage, "Notre Dame Pass", Lance tied the world record for this stage in one fell swoop.

He couldn't believe it, so he immediately went back to ride again, and the result was another 47 seconds! The winning ticket is guaranteed! Lance clenched his fists.

In the 1999 Tour de France, Reims won the championship with an absolute advantage.

As he raised the trophy high, Lance couldn't help but burst into tears.

He jumped off the podium and hugged his wife and mother tightly.

Medical workers and cancer friends in Indianapolis exploded in front of the big screen. La Therese hugged little Kelly and shouted excitedly: "He defeated cancer!" America was boiling. Well, this is the first time an American has won the Tour de France.

Nico sent a special plane to take Lance back home. The mayor of New York attended the reception. Wall Street invited Lance to ring the bell of the exchange. Millions of citizens lined the streets to welcome this national hero.

Lance has continued this myth.

When Lance wore the yellow robe for the sixth time in 2004, Bush made a transoceanic call to the Arc de Triomphe and said to Lance who was toasting: "You are so awesome!" In July 2005, Lance Winning an unprecedented seventh Tour de France title and announcing his retirement brought a successful end to his career.

Today, Lance devotes himself wholeheartedly to the Anti-Cancer Foundation and the "Race of the Roses", actively running for the cause of human anti-cancer.

He likes this, he doesn’t want to stop... What is unexpected is that in September 2008, the 37-year-old Lance announced his comeback... The legend will be continued... July 2009 On the 26th, after 21 days of competition, Armstrong finished third in this Tour de France. "I have no regrets."