He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from to Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy. In , Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, , at the end of the Tour de France. Armstrong's athletic success and dramatic recovery from cancer inspired him to commemorate his accomplishments, with Nike, through the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a charity founded in It soon became clear that his greatest talent was as a bicycle racer after competing as a cycling amateur, winning the U.
In , Armstrong finished the year ranked number one by capturing 10 one-day events and stage races, including becoming one of the youngest-ever riders to win the world road race championship, his first stage win at the Tour de France, and collecting the Thrift Drug "Triple Crown of Cycling", which included three separate races: the Thrift Drug Classic in Pittsburgh, the K-Mart West Virginia Classic, and the CoreStates USPRO National Championship in Philadelphia.
At the CoreStates USPRO Championship race, on the final lap circuit, he sat up on his bicycle, took out a comb, combed his hair and smiled for the cameras. On October 2, , Armstrong was diagnosed with nonseminomatous testicular cancer.
The cancer had already spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. Armstrong, however, chose to undergo an alternative regimen, VIP vinblastine, ifosfamide and Cisplatin , in order to avoid the lung toxicity associated with the drug Bleomycin [2] Armstrong underwent surgery on his brain tumors, which were found to be necrotic, and an orchiectomy to remove his diseased testicle.
Before his cancer diagnosis and treatments, Lance Armstrong had won two Tour de France stages. In , he won the 8th stage of the Tour, and in , he took stage 18 in honour of teammate Fabio Casartelli who crashed and died on stage Armstrong dropped out of the Tour De France in the 7th stage after becoming ill; this was just a few months prior to his diagnosis with cancer.
In he became a household name with his first Tour de France win, which included 4 stage wins. However, the absence of Jan Ullrich injury and Marco Pantani following drug misuse allegations meant that Armstrong had not yet proven himself against the biggest names in cycling. Stage wins included the Prologue, stage 8, an individual time trial in Metz, an Alpine mountain stage win on stage 9, and the second individual time trial on stage In , Ullrich and Pantani returned to challenge Armstrong.
A race that began a six year rivalry between Ullrich and Armstrong ended in victory for Armstrong by a margin of 6 minutes 2 seconds over Ullrich. Armstrong took one stage win in the Tour by winning the second Individual time trial on stage The familiar pattern returned in , with Armstrong taking first place and Ullrich taking second place.
Only 1 minute 1 second separated the two at the end of the final day in Paris. Postal won the Team Time Trial on Stage 4, while Armstrong took stage 15, despite being knocked off his bike on the ascent to Luz Ardiden, the day's final climb, when a spectator's bag caught his right handlebar. Ullrich waited for him, which brought Ullrich several Fair-play honors. In , Armstrong again beat a German cyclist into second place.
Ullrich finished in fourth, a further 2 minutes 31 seconds behind. Armstrong won a personal best 5 individual stages, plus the team time trial. He became the first man since Gino Bartali in to win three consecutive mountain stages; 15, 16, and The individual time trial on stage 16 up L'Alpe d'Huez was won in considerable style by Armstrong as he passed Ivan Basso on the way up the epic climb, despite setting out 2 minutes after the Italian.
He won the final individual time trial, stage 19, to complete his personal record of stage wins. He looked strong from the beginning of the tour, losing out on the Stage 1 time trial by only two seconds while passing his old rival, Jan Ullrich, on the road.
His Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team won the team time trial, while Armstrong won one individual stage, the final individual time trial. In addition to his 7 Tour de France wins, Armstrong has won 22 individual stages, 11 time trials, and his team has won the team time trial on 3 occasions. Many have discussed the reasons for Armstrong's success in winning seven Tours in a row. No single factor seems to be responsible, but rather a combination of the following:.
He trained in Spain for months leading up to the Tour de France and made frequent trips to France to fully analyze and ride key parts of the upcoming Tour de France course. To always overlook the use of PED: This option is undesirable because it the discovery of PED usage will lead to termination from the sport, resulting in failed coaching business.
Never overlook the use of PED: This option us undesirable…. Analysis of Alternate Solutions. According to the case study, Armstrong stated that he has successfully passed over tests for illegal doping, Clayton…. Continue Reading. Read More. Lance armstrong I. And when I examine it closer, it may not be arrogance of which he reeks, but a blazing intensity.
But it is, no doubt, a necessary ingredient to his success. And when I forget about him and instead consider his life lesson, I acquire new insights and useful information and attitudes to help me try to take my life to a higher level. So I both owe thanks and admire this amazing human being and SOB.
While the previous biography, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life , had the redeeming feature of being about his impressive return from cancer to not only return to competitive professional cycling, but to win the Tour de France. This sequel suffers from the same poor ghost writing, but without any story. While the first book was a story, the story of his fight, this book is more of a recruitment pamphlet for the cult of Lance. Oct 02, Alastair McDermott rated it liked it.
It was a well written, compelling story. Lance is an example for everyone not to give up, not just cyclists or cancer patients, regardless of whether he's using performance enhancing substances or not. Of course "It's Not About The Bike" was not near enough to dissuade me that Lance's actions on Stage 18 of TDF were anything but the actions of a bully forcing a smaller man to keep his mouth shut and not speak out against drugs in cycling.
Even after the stage Lance said: I was protecting the interests of the peloton. The other riders were very grateful. It's difficult to interpret this statement and his "zip your lips" message to Simeoni in a positive light, in any other way but "don't speak pubically about drugs".
After reading "It's Not About The Bike" I had a strong admiration for Lance and the way he got through his cancer ordeal, and his cycling performances were phenomenal, drugs or no drugs.
What about " Every Second Counts "? Well the first thing I'll say is that I picked this up at about 1am on a work night as some light reading before I went to sleep. I turned off my bedside lamp at 5.
Bonus point to Sally Jenkins - what a fantastic writer! If you are a world-famous athlete wanting to tell your story with a ghost writer, there's no one better. The story takes us from his preparation for his second Tour de France victory in all the way to his fourth consecutive victory in As a cyclist and sports fan I really enjoyed his description of training and the races themselves.
The other part of the story is human - dealing with the events of September 11th , dealing with children, his cancer foundation, the annoyance of dealing with difficult French bureaucracy. He did mention Stage 18 '04, giving his side of the story in a few words.
Although I'm not convinced by his explanation and I still think it showed the character traits of a bully, I must admit that the book did originally influenced me back to believing he was a clean rider. I can't pinpoint exactly why. I think it was a combination of the way he talked about the drugs tests and their effect on his life.
The book is very personal at times and after reading it I felt like I know how the guy thinks. I may not like him, but I have a lot of respect for what he achieved. It's better than his first, and better than most sports autobiographies you'll find.
I recommend that everyone read this book, you might find it inspiring, or simply a captivating page-turner. Update I believe that there's now no doubt that Armstrong not only cheated , but he probably has masterminded one of the greatest sporting frauds in known history.
He has been rightly stripped of all 7 Tour titles. This review was originally published on sportcrazy. Considering both the facet of his life and resisting judgmental approach especially when we knew most of the paleton riding at that time were doping in some or other form the book offer an interesting perspective about how one should see a life overcoming all odds which are also forms part of our life citing out his own example for which it certainly deserve a read!!!
Nov 22, David rated it really liked it. This book takes up where the first "It's Not About the Bike" left off. Armstrong briefly reviews his bout with testicular cancer, and then talks about the next several years of his life, including the second through fifth of his consecutive "Tour de France" victories.
There's much more detail in this volume about the cycling experience itself - training, how a team works together, the races, the traditions and emotions.
It's a great "look behind the scenes. He claims to have never failed a single drug test, and to have never broken a single rule regarding drugs. There is also a lot about relationships. He talks about the birth of the twin girls that followed his first son, and the joy of parenthood. However, at the time of this writing, his marriage was struggling he would eventually divorce , and he explores the difficulties that his career and focus had placed on what should have been the most important thing in his life.
Sep 08, Charles rated it it was ok. If you can read it a decade ago then it's inspirational. If you read it now then it just seems hypocritical. Apr 15, Hazel rated it really liked it. Every Second Counts, by Lance Armstrong, tells the story of his life after he overcame cancer. Armstrong is a seven-time Tour De France winner, which is arguably the hardest cycling race on the planet.
He wrote this book in collaboration with Sally Jenkins, a sports writer. I was unaware of a second book until, by chance, I stumbled upon it. I think that it is an injustice to have this bo Every Second Counts, by Lance Armstrong, tells the story of his life after he overcame cancer. I think that it is an injustice to have this book stowed away out of sight, because it was a gripping read. The story begins by describing how he won his first Tour De France win in with his team the US Postal Service, after battling and surviving cancer.
It continues all the way until his Tour De France win in , after six wins. It focuses more on his morals and opinions in life. He includes personal details, like the birth of his twin daughters, and marriage problems with his wife Kik.
Armstrong uses the same open frankness as in his first book, giving his ideas on everything, not holding back what he thinks, whether it be good or bad. In the book, scenes were described, but not with the familiar descriptive paragraph containing thousands of adjectives. Armstrong used his thoughts and feelings at the time to piece together a clear picture of the event.
The first scene that I particularly enjoyed was when Armstrong was describing one of the stories that he was told that have kept him going throughout his life. It begins by saying how some losses are greater than others, and some you just have to let go of.
He then describes an event that occurred the day that he won the Tour De France. Sally Reed, his close friend, was suffering from cancer, and losing her hair from chemotherapy. When Armstrong won, she took the final strands of hair and threw them into the wind.
But Armstrong takes it to another level, by describing how he came to be the man he is today. I enjoyed this scene because it was light-hearted and fun. It made me smile as I read it. Even though Armstrong touched deep subjects in his book, he also included happy moments that every book needs to keep you from becoming bored.
I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book to older, more mature readers, because of the language used, the morals and opinions in the story, and because the book is about the life of a adult athlete. Younger readers may not understand fully what the book is about, and perhaps in a few years time, if I read the book again, I would interpret even more from the novel.
Sports and cycling fans would enjoy this book too, if they wanted to get a deeper understanding of the life of a professional athlete. But the road to victory has not been smooth, which makes his story all the more compelling.
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