He had a good year in 1999: he beat cancer & beat all the other riders to win his first Tour de France
He is the 1993 Elite Men's Road Race World 
Champion, and he had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 
1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his Tour de France .... Before his cancer 
treatment, Armstrong had participated in four Tour de... [DOC] [TLE] Lance Armstrong - Cyclist, Philanthropist - Biography.com [PAR] Cancer survivor and former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped ... 
My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it 
went to ... That same year, he became the U.S. national amateur champion and 
beat out ...