He had a good year in 1999: he beat cancer & beat all the other riders to win his first Tour de France
... he took the 
performance-enhancing EPO in 1999, the year of his first Tour victory,... [DOC] [TLE] Lance Armstrong facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] In the first, he was a brash young rider who won by sheer force and drive, but 
who did so ... After beating the odds and surviving testicular cancer, Armstrong 
came back to ....