LANCE ARMSTRONG

I would like to talk about Lance Armstrong. He has probably been the best cyclist in the whole history because he got seven “tours” consecutive beating to the others cyclists with a lot of authority.

He was born on Septembre nineteen seventy one in Texas. When he was a child, he began to practice swimming but years later I noticed that riding a Bycicle was his fauvorite thing. He participated on Barcelona Olimpic Games in nineteen ninety two ant after that he signed his first professional contract.

In nineteen ninety three participated in “Tour of France” for the first time. He won one racing and when he got to the finish, dedicated his victory to Fabio Casartelli, another runner who died lately.

In nineteen ninety six he was diagnosed with cancer on one testicle. Inmediately he was operated and that testicle was removed. After operation Doctor said that he had less than 40% chance to get surviving. He was underwent to a hard kind of chemotherapy. He had brain tumors and was operated to remove them. At the end of 1997 he got to beat cancer.

He went on his sporting career the next year. In 1999 he got his first “Tour” beating with a lot of difference to Alex Zulle. Armstrong felt better and stronger each day. In 2003 he got a big success. He equalized a record set by Miguel Indurain. One spanish cyclist who got five consecutive Tours. He beat that record winning two more Tours. In 2005 he announced his withdrawal. In 2006 ran New York’s Marathon to raise money for the fight against cancer. In 2009 Armstrong came back to cycling with the objective to promote the fight against cancer. He finished third and the next year he ended twenty threeth. This was his last Tour.

L’Equipe, a known french newspaper, accused him of taking doping substances. These accusation became false after.

Is not known with certainty if he took doping substances. I prefer to think no. He achieved one important thing: “beating cancer” . This achievement was more important that his seven Tours. He raised money to fight against cancer in the near future. He gave a good example to others cancer patients. He taught us an important thing. We always must fight during all our life. Life sometimes is hard and many people surrender at once. Armstrong taught us that we never must do that. He had a little chance to survive. However he got it. And if he beat illness, you also can do.

Lance Armstrong