The historical today, September 18, 1971 World Road Cycling Champion Armstrong was born

In his 19-year career, he participated in the Tour de France 10 times and achieved seven consecutive championships representing the highest level of the cycling industry, suffered from cancer and became an idol of the United States; caught in the doping scandal, Stripped of its previous seven Tour de France titles, banned for life, and mired in endless compensation lawsuits; first, the United States has handled its own athletes too harshly. The second is as if this drug is very common and is taken; the third is cancer, and the seven consecutive crowns are achieved after suffering from cancer. I still think he's a hero. The touching story of this cancer recoverer will always be one of the most inspiring legends in the history of world sports.

Lance Armstrong was born in Plano, Texas in 1971. The mother is a 17-year-old girl.

Raised by her mother, Linda, who worked as a maid, postman, and cleaner.

At the age of 7, Lance owned a mountain bike. He firmly believed that if he rode fast enough, he could escape from this ghost place. Since then, Lance has used this pair of wheels to crush the bitter childhood back and forth on the mountain road of his hometown.

In the 5th grade, he won the Principal's Run, the 4th place in the State Swimming Championships and the State Junior Triathlon Championship. Linda, on the other hand, was hospitalized for a uterine tumor, and the money used was Lance's game prize money.

In order to survive, you must fight desperately. In 1987' Presidents Cup Triathlon, 15-year-old Lance ranked 32nd out of thousands of adult players, and the following year he finished fifth. Since then, Lance has repeatedly changed his date of birth to participate in various competitions to win prize money for his and his mother's life.

Lance's training was crazy at one point. One afternoon, he was hit by a truck on a high-speed ride, with 9 stitches in his head, 17 stitches in his thigh, and a misaligned kneecap, and 6 days later he cut the thread with his fingernails, borrowed a bicycle and twisted his neck to the arena and broke into the top three. The doctor sighed, "What a bull!"

Soon, in 1990, he rewrote the record at the New Mexico Bicycle Time Trial and was selected for the national team at the World Junior Cycling Championships.

The 1993 U.S. Pro Championship awarded a million dollars. Lance screamed and shouted "Mom! No more need to be poor! The first one crossed the finish line and then threw herself into Linda's arms and cried.

He made his first tour of France in 1993 and won one stage, winning three domestic titles that year and winning the World Championship in Norway.

In 1995, he won the Tour de France's 18-stage championship and dedicated it to his teammate Casatri, who was killed in a car accident during the race. In the same year he won the San Sebastian Classic.

He won the Franchis Warren championship in 1996 and finished 12th in road racing and sixth in individual time trials at the Atlanta Olympics. In the same year, he signed with the French Team OfFidis. When he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and it had spread to his lungs and brain, his survival was still a question. He was concluded that there was only a 50% chance of survival, and then underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

Announced in 1997 that he had recovered from cancer and left the Cofids to join the U.S. Postal Convoy.

In 1998, he won the Tour de Luxembourg, the fourth place in the Tour de Spain and the fourth place in the individual time trial and road race at the World Championships in the Netherlands.

In 1999, he won the Tour de France for the first time, including four stage winners.

In 2000, he defeated many masters, including former champions Ulrich and Pantani, to win the Tour de France overall title, winning the bronze medal in the individual time trial at the Sydney Olympic Games.

In 2001, he became the fifth drivers' championship in the 88-year history of the Tour de France to win more than three consecutive titles, the first four being Louison Burbette (1953-55), Enquettel (1961-64), Eddie Mox (1969-72) and Anduran (1991-95).

In 2002, he won four consecutive Tour de France championships, won four stage championships and remained in the championship from the 11th stage after wearing a yellow collar shirt;

In 2003, he was awarded the Lawrence Male Athlete of the Year Award, and since the eighth stage, he has worn the Tour de France yellow jersey and finally achieved five consecutive championships, separating from his wife in the same year.

In 2004, she began to associate with singer Shelly Crowe and continued to win a record six consecutive Tour de France titles after winning the yellow jersey in stage 15.

He competed in the Paris-Nice Cycling Race in March 2005 but withdrew after four stages. On April 18 of the same year, it was announced that he would retire after the 2005 Tour de France. On July 24, he won the unprecedented seven-time Tour de France and announced his retirement.

He made a comeback on 21 July 2009 and finished third (third) in the Tour de France overall.

In 2010, he finished 23rd overall in the Tour de France and announced his retirement on February 16, 2011.

Armstrong admits that he took cortisone in his first professional season, when he was only 21 years old, but the drug soon fell out of use as erythropoietin (EPO) became mainstream in cycling.

Armstrong's Motorola team initially refused to take the banned drug, but from 1994 to 1995, EPO was everywhere, and the effects of this "rocket fuel" high-octane drug were too significant. Armstrong was on the rise of his career at the time, and he was maddened by the loss of competitiveness as the first players to use the EPO gradually surpassed him.

When the East Window incident occurred in 2012, few people knew who was the first batch of EPO, and it could only be Armstrong who was picked up as a bandit. Within 48 hours of the incident, sponsors terminated their contracts, and Armstrong lost $75 million directly.

News on August 27, 2012, after Armstrong dropped his complaint against the drug ban investigation, the US anti-doping agency USADA announced that the Tour de France was stripped of all titles it won after 1998 and the penalty of a lifetime ban.

However, Tegett's attitude has changed, saying that if Armstrong is willing to cooperate and confess the facts, then he will likely save the five Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2003.

The International Cycling Union has publicly endorsed Armstrong, and Armstrong's lawyers have insisted that the U.S. anti-doping agency has no right to strip him of his achievements.

On October 22, 2012, the International Cycling Federation (UCI) met in Geneva, Switzerland, and President Pat McQuaid announced his support for the decision of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven-time Tour de France title and impose a lifetime ban on the famous cyclist. It also means that the International Cycling Union endorses reports that Armstrong has been charged with banned drugs.

A few days later, Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union, officially announced that the International Cycling Union would accept the report of the Anti-Doping Agency of the United States and would not appeal to the International Arbitration Tribunal over Armstrong. So far, the tour de France organizers have also removed from the honor book all the honors that Armstrong received here from 1999-2005. That is, the penalties imposed by the U.S. anti-doping agency have all come into effect, and Armstrong has not only been stripped of his title, but also banned from any event.

Just a few days ago, Armstrong's main sponsors, Nike and Tricker Bicycle, terminated their contracts with him on the grounds that they had been deceived for ten years. Armstrong himself said after resigning as chairman of the Cancer Foundation: "These weeks have been the hardest days of my life, and I will try to cheer up, but it's really bad right now." ”

Despite being kicked out of the foundation for many years, he is still committed to helping individual cancer patients, taking time every week to call them and send videos, and even visiting them in person. He really didn't make a public announcement about it. When he was still at the foundation, there was a rule that reporters were not allowed to enter the ward with him.

On January 14, 2013, armstrong admitted to taking the drug ban for the first time in a two-and-a-half-hour video interview with oprah Winfrey.

Sony Classics produced the documentary Armstrong's Lies, directed by Alex Gibney and starring Lance Armstrong, which was released in the United States on November 8, 2013.

The film focuses on the four years that Lance Armstrong lived between his return to the Tour de France in 2009 and his final choice to admit to taking drugs to boost his competitiveness in 2012.

Lance Armstrong (born September 18, 1971) was born in Plano, Texas, United States. U.S. professional cyclist for the U.S. Postal Racing Team (retired).

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