什麼是阿姆斯壯

Armstrong, Lance

美國自由車選手，環法自由車賽（Tour de France）三次冠軍得主（1999～2001）。1992年加入摩托羅拉隊，開始自由車職業生涯。1993和1995年贏得環法自由車賽分站比賽，但在1993～1996年四次比賽中抽身。1996年比賽之後，阿姆斯壯罹患睾丸癌，當時已經擴散到肺和腦。隨後是幾個月的治療，直到他能夠復出爲止。1998年贏得盧森堡自由車賽（Tour de Luxem bourg），這是他病後第一個重要的競賽。1999年7月25日，他成爲有史以來第二位贏得環法自由車賽的美國人，也是第一位爲美國隊贏得比賽的選手（三度冠軍得主勒蒙德〔G. LeMond〕隨歐洲隊伍出賽）。2000年7月23日阿姆斯壯再度獲勝，使他在1999年的勝利得到信服，也爲評論家懷疑他服用增強藥物提供解答。2001年在環法自由車賽獲勝，顯示阿姆斯壯正值顛峯，特別是在山區分站賽。

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Armstrong, Lance

American cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France (1999-2001). Armstrong began his professional cycling career in 1992 when he joined the Motorola team. He won stages of the Tour de France in 1993 and 1995 but withdrew from three of four Tours he attempted from 1993 to 1996. After the 1996 Tour Armstrong fell ill, suffering from testicular cancer that had by that time also spread to his lungs and brain. Months of treatments followed before he could attempt his comeback. In 1998 Armstrong won the Tour of Luxembourg, his first important race since his illness, and on July 25, 1999, Armstrong became the second American ever to win the Tour de France and the first to win it for an American team (three-time winner Greg LeMond had raced with European teams). Armstrong felt his July 23, 2000, win of the Tour to be a vindication of his 1999 victory and an answer to critics who had suspected his use of performance-enhancing substances. His 2001 Tour victory showed Armstrong at his best, especially on the mountain stages.