Tour de France Prologue Winners - Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, Miguel Indurain, Joop Zoetemelk (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, Miguel Indurain, Joop Zoetemelk, Christophe Moreau, Chris Boardman, Thor Hushovd, Bernard Hinault, Rudi Altig, Alex Zulle, Bradley McGee, Freddy Maertens, Erik Breukink, Jacky Durand, Francesco Moser, Jan Raas, Gerrie Knetemann, Eric Vanderaerden, Charly Grosskost, Guido Bontempi, Dietrich Thurau, Jelle Nijdam, Thierry Marie. Excerpt: Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support. He last rode for (and helped found) UCI ProTeam Team RadioShack. In October 1996 he was diagnosed as having testicular cancer, with a tumor that had metastasized to his brain and lungs. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, and his prognosis was originally poor. He went on to win the Tour de France each year from 1999 to 2005, and is the only person to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins, shared by Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, and Jacques Anquetil. In 1999, he was named the ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the years 2002-2005. He received ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003. Armstrong announced his retirement from racing on July 24, 2005, at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returne...