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26 unusual facts about Lance Armstrong


André Birotte Jr.

Birotte was the U.S. Attorney investigating charges against former cyclist Lance Armstrong for defrauding of the government, drug trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy.

Chamrousse

Lance Armstrong won the stage (#11) on 18 July 2001, when he took just over an hour to complete the hors categorie climb from Grenoble to the ski resort.

Colin Curtis

While battling the disease, fellow testicular cancer cancer survivor Lance Armstrong gave him an autographed book.

Erwin Ballarta

Ballarta is also head of security for world-renowned cyclist, Lance Armstrong.

Fly One Time

Complimenting the song's theme, the video features footage of athletes in action including Laird Hamilton and Lance Armstrong.

Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Lance Armstrong serve as Honorary Co-Presidents.

Ironkids

The series started in 1985 and since then more than 40,000 kids have participated, including famous alumni, such as Lance Armstrong.

José Luis Rubiera

His climbing ability was instrumental in leading Lance Armstrong to five of his Tour de France victories, most famously leading Armstrong up the start of Alpe d'Huez in 2001.

KYKY

Sheryl Crow, a native of Kennett, Missouri, and her then-fiancé Lance Armstrong urged viewers to call when they were interviewed by telephone from the region.

L.A. Confidentiel

The book contains circumstantial evidence of cyclist Lance Armstrong having used performance enhancing drugs.

Lawrence Einhorn

Lance Armstrong - Dr. Einhorn led the medical team that treated and saved Lance Armstrong's life in 1996.

Leighton Lillie

With the constant support of his family and role models such as Jeremy McGrath and Lance Armstrong, Leighton dedicated himself to becoming the best he could be at the sport he loved.

Lucio Rodrigues

Now often called the "Lance Armstrong of BJJ", Lucio hopes to be perceived as an inspiration for other cancer patients.

Metabolic supermice

Professor Hanson noted that the supermice "are metabolically similar to Lance Armstrong biking up the Pyrenees. They utilize mainly fatty acids for energy and produce very little lactic acid. They are not eating or drinking and yet they can run for four or five hours. They are 10 times more active than ordinary mice in their home cage. They also live longer – up to three years of age – and are reproductively active for almost three years. In short, they are remarkable animals."

Mobli

A photo of cyclist and Mobli investor Lance Armstrong relaxing in his trophy room and posted to Mobli by Armstrong in November 2012 accumulated more than 320,000 views in two days making it the most trafficked Mobli post for a 48-hour period.

Nike+iPod

In addition to the in-workout audio feedback, there are pre-recorded congratulations provided by Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Paula Radcliffe whenever a user achieves a personal best (such as fastest mile, fastest 5K, fastest 10K, longest run yet) or reaches certain long-term milestones (such as 250 miles, 500 kilometers).

North Carolina Highway 184

Lance Armstrong also made his return to biking after cancer on 184 up Beech Mountain.

North Sea Beach Marathon

The arrangers invited Lance Armstrong to participate in the 2007 event, but he decided to turn down the offer.

Positively False

Landis was stripped of his TDF title in September 2007; in May 2010 he confessed to doping and accused Lance Armstrong of doing the same, contradicting the entire premise of the book.

Reinforcement

Real world example: "If Lance Armstrong is going to win the Tour de France he has to pedal x number of times during the y-hour race."

Robert Luskin

Luskin was lead counsel for Lance Armstrong after the June 2012 allegations of blood doping by the US Anti-Doping Agency, a quasi-official American sports governing entity.

Stradalli Cycle

After the doping scandal involving Lance Armstrong, Stradalli Cycle offered Armstrong the role of design and testing consultant for Stradalli's 2014 product line.

Texas constitutional amendment election, 2007

Cyclist Lance Armstrong, a native Texan and cancer survivor, campaigned in favor of Proposition 15 in the highest-funded campaign of the election.

The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

In 2012, the Ann Richards Birthday Bash was held at the home of cyclist, Lance Armstrong.

Thibault de Montbrial

Montbrial was hired as an arbitrator in a case against Lance Armstrong made by SCA Promotions.

Zoo or False

The woman Barney is hitting on asks if Neil Armstrong is "the cyclist", confusing the astronaut with cycling champion Lance Armstrong.


David Wiens

David Wiens is known most for his six consecutive wins in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB mountain bike race including defeating both Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong of Tour de France infamy.

Georg Totschnig

Having split open the breakaway group on the penultimate climb of the day from fellow breakaway companions Stefano Garzelli and Walter Bénéteau, he was able to hold on to his first place to second placed Lance Armstrong on the final climb to Ax 3 Domaines, winning by 56 seconds.

Helga Tawil-Souri

Tawil-Souri was an invited speaker at the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit along with Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Ted Turner, Lance Armstrong, Geena Davis and Mary Robinson.

LeMond Racing Cycles

According to the USADA 2012 doping report, based on affidavits by Frankie and Betsy Andreu, in 2001 Lance Armstrong reacted to LeMond's negative comments about doctor Michele Ferrari and Armstrong by saying he would "take him down" and that he could call Trek's owner and "shut him up".

In 2001 the Trek deal proved painful for LeMond as he was forced by John Burke, the head of Trek, to apologize for the negative comments about Michele Ferrari, doping, and Lance Armstrong, who was by then a very important marketing force for Trek.

In 2001, shortly after LeMond made negative comments about doping doctor Michele Ferrari and Lance Armstrong, the complaint alleges that "Trek contacted Mr. LeMond to notify him that Mr. LeMond's comments in the article upset Mr. Armstrong".

Lindsay Hyde

In past years, the award has recognized individuals such as Lance Armstrong, Faith Hill, Sally Ride, Steven Jobs, Max Cleland and Peyton Manning.

Norm Hadley

Stormin' Norman was later named in Britain's glossy Total Sport Magazine (August 1997 issue, "The Blood and Guts, Hard Issue") as one of the World's 12 Toughest Sportsmen alongside Lance Armstrong and F1 racer Johnny Herbert.

Oceanian Cycling Confederation

On 2 December 2012, former Olympic athlete Tracey Gaudry was elected to succeed Turtur, Promoter of the Tour Down Under, who, as a promoter, had brought out Lance Armstrong for the Tour.

Passage du Gois

The crash created a six minute split in the peloton which ended the hopes of many favourites to win the race, like Alex Zülle, who would eventually finish second overall, seven minutes after Lance Armstrong.

Samuel Abt

He devoted much time to chronicling the careers of English-speaking riders, especially Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond.

Steve Guengerich

Guengerich is a 1998 recipient of the Austin Under 40 awards, alongside other celebrity Austin recipients from the inaugural year that included Lance Armstrong, Michael Dell, and Mike Judge.

Stuart O'Grady

However, Hincapie was removed for three of his 17 starts for his part in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, giving O'Grady the outright record over Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk (16 starts from 1970 – 1986).

Team classification in the Tour de France

When Lance Armstrong lost hopes of winning the 2010 Tour de France, he instructed his team mates to keep an eye on their main rivals for the team classification, and his Team RadioShack won the team classification.