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    Lance Armstrong - Crash Landing: An Unauthorized Biography
    Lance Armstrong - Crash Landing: An Unauthorized Biography
    Lance Armstrong - Crash Landing: An Unauthorized Biography
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    Lance Armstrong - Crash Landing: An Unauthorized Biography

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    Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong had won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, before being disqualified from each of those races and banned from cycling for life for doping offenses by the United States Anti-doping agency (USADA) in 2012. He is a survivor of testicular cancer that spread to his brain and lungs and he is the founder of the Livestrong Foundation, originally called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which provides support for cancer patients.

    Most fans and critics are aware of Armstrong’s many accolades and controversies, but in order to truly understand Lance Armstrong, you must first understand where he came from. This unauthorized biography explores Armstrong’s upbringing, his early years, and details his breakthrough into cycling all the way through the fallout of his big Oprah interview in 2013. From family to cycling to the future, all you need to know about Lance Armstrong is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of his life.

    Topics include:

    Family and personal life
    Early career
    Motorola: 1992–96
    Cancer
    US Postal/Discovery: 1998–2005
    Comeback
    Astana: 2009
    Team RadioShack: 2010–11
    Physical attributes
    Collaboration of sponsors
    History of doping allegations
    Working with Michele Ferrari
    L.A. Confidential: 2004
    Tour de France urine tests: 2005
    SCA Promotions case: 2005
    Federal inquiry: 2010-2012
    USADA Investigation: 2011–2012
    The DOJ
    Did drugs give him cancer?
    Book Fraud?
    A Movie?
    Returning a medal
    The Oprah Interview
    Outside of cycling
    Business and investments
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrice World Publishing
    Release dateMar 13, 2013
    ISBN9781619843332
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      Lance Armstrong - Crash Landing - Price World Publishing

      LANCE ARMSTRONG: CRASH LANDING

      An Unauthorized Biography

      Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

      eISBN: 9781619843332

      Table Of Contents

      Introduction

      Family and personal life

      Early career

      Motorola: 1992–96

      Cancer

      US Postal/Discovery: 1998–2005

      Comeback

      Astana: 2009

      Team RadioShack: 2010–11

      Physical attributes

      Collaboration of sponsors

      History of doping allegations

      Working with Michele Ferrari

      L.A. Confidential: 2004

      Tour de France urine tests: 2005

      SCA Promotions case: 2005

      Federal inquiry: 2010-2012

      USADA Investigation: 2011–2012

      The DOJ

      Did Drugs give him cancer?

      Book Fraud?

      A Movie?

      Returning a Medal?

      The Oprah Interview

      Outside of cycling

      Triathlon

      Business and investments

      Closing

      Introduction

      Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson; September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong had won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, before being disqualified from each of those races and banned from cycling for life for doping offenses by the United States Anti-doping agency (USADA) in 2012. He is the founder of the Livestrong Foundation, originally called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which provides support for cancer patients.

      At 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990. In 1992, Armstrong began his career as a professional cyclist with the Motorola team. He had notable success between 1993 and 1996, including the 1993 World Championship, Clásica de San Sebastián in 1995, an overall victory in the penultimate Tour DuPont and a handful of stage victories in Europe, including the stage to Limoges in the Tour de France.

      In October 1996, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy. In February 1997, he was declared cancer-free and the same year he founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation. By January 1998, Armstrong had renewed serious cycling training, having signed a new racing contract with US Postal. He was a member of the US Postal/Discovery team between 1998 and 2005. On July 24 2005, Armstrong retired from racing at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returned to competitive cycling with the Astana team in January 2009 and finished third in the 2009 tour de France. Between 2010 and 2011, he raced with the UCI pro Team he helped found, Team Radioshack.

      On February 16 2011, Armstrong announced his retirement from competitive cycling, while facing a US federal investigation into doping allegations. In February 2012, he returned to triathlon, competing as a professional in several events. In June 2012, USADA charged Armstrong

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