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, 2009: Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, Alberto Contador of Spain, and Lance Armstrong, left to right, cross the finish line during the 20th stage of the Tour de France.
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July 10, 2010: Lance Armstrong rides in the pack during his final Tour de France.
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June 28, 2012: Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie struck a deal with the US anti doping agency to admit to using doping and to give evidence against Armstrong.
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Farmers from Kanchanaburi province chant slogans during a rally in Bangkok, Feb. 10, 2014.