Factfile on seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong here on Sunday:
NAME: Lance Armstrong
TEAM: Discovery
BORN: September 18, 1971, Dallas (USA)
RESIDES: Austin, USA; Girona, Spain
FORMER TEAMS: Motorola (1993-1996), Cofidis (1996, year in which he was diagnosed with cancer. Did not ride competitively for the team, left in 1997), US Postal (1998 - 2004), Discovery (2005)
PRINCIPAL WINS:
ONE-DAY RACES:
World championships: 1993 (Oslo)
United States championships: 1993
San Sebastian Classic: 1995, Fleche Wallonne: 1996
GP des Nations 2000, GP Eddy-Merckx 2000 (with Viatcheslav Ekimov)
GP Marostica 1992, Trophy Laigueglia 1993
STAGE RACES:
Tour DuPont: 1995 and five stages, 1996 and five stages
Tour of Rhenanie 1998
Tour of Luxembourg: 1998
Tour of Switzerland: 2001
Dauphine Libere: 2002 and 2003
Midi Libre: 2002
Tour of Georgia: 2004
Tour de France: (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Tour de France stages - 22. 1993 - Verdun; 1995 - Limoges; 1999 - Puy-du-Fou prologue, Metz time trial, Sestrieres, Futuroscope time trial; 2000 - Belfort time trial; 2001 - Alpe d'Huez, Chamrousse time trial, Saint-Lary-Soulan, Saint-Amand-Montrond time trial; 2002 - Luxembourg prologue, La Mongie, Plateau de Beille, Macon time trial; 2003 - Luz-Ardiden; 2004 - Plateau de Beille, Alpe d'Huez time trial, Villard-de-Lans, Le Grand Bornand, Besancon time trial; 2005 -- Saint Etienne time trial.
-- This year was Armstrong's 11th Tour
-- In 1993, 1994 and 1996 Armstrong failed to finish and did not compete in 1998 as he was recovering from cancer. He finished 36th in 1995.
-- In 1999 he made a triumphant return to become only the second American after Greg LeMond (1986, 1989 and 1990) to win the event.
-- He became the first American to win the Tour three times in a row and in 2003 became the fifth rider - after Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain - to win the Tour five times.
-- In 2003 Armstrong also equalled the exploit of Spaniard Indurain, who was the first man to win the Tour five times in a row (1991-1995).
-- In 2004 Armstrong took the all-time Tour de France record with his sixth consecutive victory.
-- Armstrong has three children - one son (Luke) and twin daughters (Isabelle and Grace) - from his marriage to his former wife Kristin. - He is currently the boyfriend of American pop singer Sheryl Crow.