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[[Image:Lance armstrong.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Lance Armstrong]]
[[Image:Lance armstrong.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Lance Armstrong]]
'''Lance Armstrong''' (b. 1971) is an [[American]] professional cyclist who ostensibly won the [[Tour-de-France]] seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. He was stripped of these titles in 2012 due to ''“the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen''.”<ref>[http://cyclinginvestigation.usada.org/# Statement From USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart Regarding The U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy]</ref> The only American who won the Tour-de-France legitimately was Greg LeMond in 1986. Armstrong also competed in the [[Olympics]], in 1992, 1996, and 2000. In the 2000 Olympic games, held in Sydney, [[Australia]], he won a bronze medal,<ref>http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_805.htm</ref> which the International Olympic Committee may revoke and order him to return.<ref>http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Four+Athens+Olympic+medallists+stripped+awards/7656634/story.html</ref>
'''Lance Armstrong''' (b. 1971) is an [[American]] professional cyclist and [[atheist]] who ostensibly won the [[Tour-de-France]] seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. He was stripped of these titles in 2012 due to ''“the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen''.”<ref>[http://cyclinginvestigation.usada.org/# Statement From USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart Regarding The U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy]</ref> The only American who won the Tour-de-France legitimately was Greg LeMond in 1986. Armstrong also competed in the [[Olympics]], in 1992, 1996, and 2000. In the 2000 Olympic games, held in Sydney, [[Australia]], he won a bronze medal,<ref>http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_805.htm</ref> which the International Olympic Committee may revoke and order him to return.<ref>http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Four+Athens+Olympic+medallists+stripped+awards/7656634/story.html</ref>
As a young man, Lance Armstrong reportedly overcame heart, lung and testicular [[cancer]].
As a young man, Lance Armstrong reportedly overcame heart, lung and testicular [[cancer]].