Lance Armstrong ໄດ້ກາຍມາເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງທີ່ສຸດໃນໂລກຂອງກິລາແຂ່ງລົດຖີບ ໃນຊຸມປີ 2000s, ໂດຍໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ ການແຂ່ງລົດຖີບ Tour de France ກາຍເປັນກິລາທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມນິຍົມ ຢູ່ໃນອາເມຣິກາ. ໃນເດືອນຕຸລາ 2012, ຜູ້ກ່ຽວໄດ້ລາອອກ ຈາກຕໍາແໜ່ງປະທານ ອົງການກຸສົນຕໍ່ຕ້ານໂຣກມະເຮັງ Livestrong ທີ່ໂຕເອງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນ ຫລັງຈາກກ່າວວ່າ ຈະບໍ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບຂໍ້ກ່າວຫາ ທີ່ວ່າຜູ້ກ່ຽວໄດ້ໃຊ້ຢາຊູກໍາລັງເວລາແຂ່ງລົດຖີບນັ້ນ ແລະໄດ້ຖືກຖອນຕໍາແໜ່ງແຊ້ມ Tour de France 7 ຄັ້ງ.
ອະດີດແຊ້ມນັກແຂ່ງລົດຖີບ Lance Armstrong
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July 25, 1999: Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France, pictured riding down the Champs Elysees with teammates in Paris.
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August 1999: Bicyclists roll down Congress Ave. in Austin, Texas, where Armstrong currently lives, during a parade held in his honor.
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July 23, 2000: Armstrong wins his second Tour de France, the second American to repeat as champion since Greg LeMond won in 1989 and 1990.
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July 29, 2001: Lance Armstrong (right) on the podium next to second-placed Jan Ullrich of Germany, after winning the Tour de France for the third time.
