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Lance Armstrong: Cancer
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Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous records of five wins by Miguel Indurain (consecutive) and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Previous to this achievement he ... survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy.
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Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18 1971 in Plano, Texas, USA) is a retired American bicycle rider. He won the Tour de France seven times in a row, from 1999 to 2005. He did this several years after having brain surgery and testicular surgery, and a lot of chemotherapy in 1996, to treat testicular cancer that spread to his brain and lungs.
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Lance Armstrong was born on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas. This athletic American won the Tour de France four times in a row, having just won in 2002. Armstrong had testicular cancer and lesions on the brain and was able to survive these horrible diseases with chemotherapy, faith, and his ability to race. Afterwards he got married, became the father of Luke David Armstrong and ever since has lived a happy life.
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American cyclist, Lance Armstrong, is going out on top. The fastest man on two wheels is retiring from cycling after winning his seventh straight Tour de France. He plans to spend more time relaxing and seeing his family. Here's a look at Lance Armstrong - the guy who's defeated cancer, the Alps and every other cyclist on the planet.
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In 1996 Lance started the season strong, winning another Tour DuPont and the Fleche Wallone. But in the year he was predicted to win his first Tour de France, Lance's strength and competitive spirit would be tested in ways no race had ever tested him before. In October he was diagnosed with an advanced form of testicular cancer: it had spread to his abdomen, lungs, and his brain. Given a 50 percent chance of survival, Lance was faced with the challenge of his life. He faced this challenge like any other - head on, attacking it like a mountain pass in the Tour de France. Miraculously, after a year of aggressive surgery and chemotherapy, Lance was declared cancer-free in 1997.
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Armstrong does not, of course, rely on good genes alone. Revolutionary training techniques and the application of sports science seem to have to played a key role in his comeback and domination. The goal of any endurance training programme is more work, less fatigue and shorter recovery times. The Armstrong team, led by his coach Chris Carmichael, moved well away from the conventional race-training approach, which is crudely based on ‘no pain, no gain’. Post-cancer, Armstrong began training at much higher cadence levels (faster pedal revolutions per minute). Higher cadence at low resistance causes much less muscle fatigue, allowing him to maximise his riding time and minimise his need for rest and recovery, giving him greater base training aerobic adaptations.
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