LANCE AMSTRONG

Lance Armstrong was born on September 18 of 1971 in Plano, Texas. He is a professional road racing cyclist and became famous because he survived testicular cancer; a tumor had metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996 and after that, he has won “Tour de France” during seven consecutive years being the first man to do so and becoming a legend of Cycling. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, and his prognosis was originally poor, less of 40 percent to survive. He chose a treatment to avoid the lung toxicity associated with the drugs and that may have saved his cycling career. In 1998 he made a comeback in Paris, Niza with bad results with the U.S Postal Team. But that year he won in Luxemburg and had a great performance in “La Vuelta a España”. Later in 1999 he started with his victory of seven consecutive wins in “Tour de France”. Showing that faith is the last thing we should lose, and that every obstacle can be overcome with perseverance and hard work