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 6, 2002: Armstrong undergoes medical examinations ahead of the 2002 Tour de France race in Luxembourg.

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July 26, 2002: Armstrong at the start of the 18th stage of the Tour de France. Teammate Floyd Landis is second right.

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July 28, 2002: Armstrong wins his fourth consecutive Tour de France.

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July 27, 2003: Lance Armstrong with his wife Kristin, his son Luke and his twin daughters Isabelle Rose and Grace Elizabeth, signaling five (for the number of Tours de France he has won).