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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The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven times from 1999 to 2005.
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Lance Armstrong stands onstage during the 15th anniversary celebration for the Livestrong charity, October 19, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Armstrong said he has been through a "difficult couple of weeks" and urged supporters of the charity to stand behind its mission.