He was diagnosed with cancer on october 2,1996 when he was 25 years old.
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Lance's father was Edward Gunderson, who worked as a manager at the Dallas Morning News newspaper. Lance was less than two years old when his father left both him and his mother, Linda. Lance later adopted the name of his stepfather, Terry Armstrong.
Lance's father was Edward Gunderson, who worked as a manager at the Dallas Morning News newspaper. Lance was less than two years old when his father left both him and his mother, Linda. Lance later adopted the name of his stepfather, Terry Armstrong.
Neil Armstrong got his pilot license when he was only 16 years old, in 1946
Lance started riding the Tour in -93, and kept it up until -96 without winning the overall race. He was out of competition due to cancer from -96 to -99. He won the Tour de France seven times, between 1999 and 2005 when he had a go at retirement. Apparently he tired of that and rejoined the tour for the 2009-2010, when de did well for "an old man", but didn't win. He has ridden a total of 13 Tours de France, and has subsequently been stripped of his titles due to his use of unallowed performance enchancing drugs.
At the age of 16, even before he got his driver's license! :)