18 facts about Lance Armstrong
- Lance's nickname is Tour de Lance because he has won the Tour de France so many times.
- After numerous rumours linking Lance to actress Ashley Olsen, Lance Armstro
ng was forced to issue a statement denying the relationship in November 2007. - Lance Armstrong dated New York fashion designer Tory Burch for several months in 2007.
- In late 2006, Lance Armstrong and actor Matthew McConaughey have been accused of being gay. The pair have laughed off the rumors, stating they enjoy working out together.
- His children were conceived with sperm that Armstrong banked before he began chemotherapy for testicular cancer.
- Sports Illustrated named Lance Armstrong as winner of the All Time Greatest Sportsman Award!
- Lance Armstrong is the only bicylist to have won the Tour De France seven times.
- Lance Armstrong first gained notoriety as a cyclist in 1991, by winning the US Amateur Cycling Championship.
- In October of 1996, Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which had spread to his brain and lungs.
- Lance was voted Sports Personality of the Year in a poll published in the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais.
- Lance Armstrong was named Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" in 2002.
- Lance Armstrong lives in a mansion in Spain part of the year. The estate was originally several separate apartments, which he bought and had renovated into a house.
- Lance has twin girls: Isabelle Rose weighing 5lbs 12oz and Grace Elizabeth weighing 5lbs 2oz (They were born on November 20, 2001.)
- Lance Armstrong is 5'9¾" tall.
- Lance is a cancer survivor of testicular cancer.
- Lance Armstrong announced his retirement from his cycling career after the 2005 Tour de France.
- Lance Armstrong was sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service from 1998-2004.
- Lance Armstrong was only the second American to win the Tour de France (1999-2004). The first was Greg LeMond,who won in 1986, 1989, and 1990.
