Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Lance Armstrong: Back On The Bike











After his chemotherapy ended, he married Kristin Richard on May 8, 1998. Lance’s complete recovery from cancer was an unbelievable phenomenon. But going back to racing was a trouble for him; other teams considered him a risk. Eventually he ended up signing with the newly formed United States Postal Service team, but he didn’t finish the Tour de France. With a rocky start back to racing, Lance decided he wasn’t quite ready yet. After spending some rejuvenating time in Boone, North Carolina, Lance got in tough with the love he had for biking and became determined to overcome the past and get back to riding competitively. His first race back on the bike was the Lance Armstrong Foundation Downtown Criterium, which he won. He also went on to finish top five in the World Championships and Tour de Spain Late that year, he won the Tour de Luxembourg, the Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfarht in Germany, and the Cascade Classic in Oregon (http://www.answers.com/topic/lance-armstrong). By 1999, he certain he was ready to try the Tour de France again and spent his spring training through the European mountains. Lance went on to win the 1999 Tour de France, and six more back to back Tour de France wins between then and 2005. Lance Armstrong was an international hero.
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