Lance Armstrong is an American cyclist from Austin (Texas). He's born in september on the eighteenth in 1971. He was one of the best bike racers of his generation. He started his career in high school on the olympic team. Lance Armstrong, foto courtesy National Institutes of Health
He had one goal in mind. He wanted to win the biggest race of the world, The tour the France. That was the only European race there was in America that his mother could follow on television. He has won the Tour the France 7 times starting in 1999 till 2005. He wanted to break the record of Eddy Merckx.
In 1996, the doctors discovered an extreem sorth of cancer. After a difficult recovery, he started to race again. With his experience, he wanted to do something for all the other people who have cancer. So, he created LIVESTRONG. It's an organisation that supports cancer victims and researchs. Everybody knows this bracelet that supports cancer patients. On his officiel website you can search information about Lance: http://www.lancearmstrong.com/ About the organisation: http://www.livestrong.org
