Lancetour

Lance Armstrong: Career, allegations and investigations.

  • Armstrong diagnosed with cancer.

    Armstrong diagnosed with cancer.
    Armstrong diagnosed as having developed stage three testicular cancer.
    Armstrong admits battle with cancer.
  • Armstrong wins his first Tour de France

    Armstrong wins his first Tour de France
  • Lance Armstrong wins his 2nd Tour de France

    Lance Armstrong wins his 2nd Tour de France
  • Lance Armstrong wins his 3rd Tour de France

    Lance Armstrong wins his 3rd Tour de France
  • Armstrong linked with controversial trainer Michele Ferrari

    Armstrong linked with controversial trainer Michele Ferrari
    Greg LeMond described himself as "devastated" on hearing of them working together.
    Drugs issue refuses to go away due to winner's Ferrari links
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    Lance Armstrong Allegations and Investigations

  • Lance Armstrong wins his fourth Tour de France

    Lance Armstrong wins his fourth Tour de France
  • Lance Armstrong wins his 5th Tour de France

    Lance Armstrong wins his 5th Tour de France
  • David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release L. A. Confidentiel.

    David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release L. A. Confidentiel.
    L. A. Confidentiel contained circumstantial evidence regarding Armstrong having used performance enhancing drugs. Including interviews with former associates.
  • Lance Armstrong wins his sixth Tour de France

  • Armstrong announces his retirement from professional cycling.

    Armstrong announces his retirement from professional cycling.
    Armstrong announces that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2005 Tour de France.
    lance Armstrong retires.
  • Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.

    Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
  • L'Equipe publishes story under the headline "Le Mensonge Armstrong" (The Armstrong Lie).

    L'Equipe publishes story under the headline "Le Mensonge Armstrong" (The Armstrong Lie).
    The story said that 6 urine samples taken from Armstrong during the 1999 Tour de France which had been frozen and stored at LNDD had tested positive for EPO as part of research into new EPO testing methods. Armstrong immediately refuted the claims of the article saying that the science was faulty.
  • Lance Armstrong settles lawsuit with former assistant

    Former Armstrong assistant Mike Anderson claims in 2004 he was cleaning a bathroom in Armstrong's Girona home and found a box of what he claimed in a court pleading was a type of steroid precursor.
    Lance Armstrong settles lawsuit with former assistant
  • Ex-Friends Say Armstrong Admitted Drug Use

    Ex-Friends Say Armstrong Admitted Drug Use
    Betty and Frankie Andreu (Frankie Andreu was former team mate of Armstrong) say in sworn testimony that Armstrong admitted to a doctor in 1996 that he used performance enhancing drugs. None of the other eight people present at the time supported the allegation including Armstrong's doctor.
    Ex-Friends Say Armstrong Admitted Drug Use
  • Los Angeles Times publishes article based on allegations raised in SCA case.

    Los Angeles Times publishes article based on allegations raised in SCA case.
    The article cited sworn testimony from Armstrong's legal dispute with SCA Promotions which asserted that Armstrong used PEDs.
    Allegations Trail Armstrong Into Another Stage
  • David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release L.A. Officiel

    David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release L.A. Officiel
    The book was based on testimony given in a legal dispute between Armstrong and Dallas company SCA Promotions during which allegations were made about Armstrongs use of PEDs.
  • Armstrong announces his return to professional cycling.

    Armstrong announces his return to professional cycling.
    Armstrong announces his return expressing his goal of competing in the 2009 Tour de France.
  • AFLD (French Anti-Doping Agency) challenges Armstrong to have urine samples retested.

    AFLD (French Anti-Doping Agency) challenges Armstrong to have urine samples retested.
    Armstrong refuses challenge of AFLD to have urine samples from 1998 and 1999 Tour de France retested saying that the samples had not been properly stored.
    Agency challenges Armstrong to have urine samples retested
  • David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release another book about Lance Armstrong - Le Sale Tour (The Dirty Tour).

    David Walsh and Pierre Ballester release another book about Lance Armstrong - Le Sale Tour (The Dirty Tour).
    The book specualted about Armstrong's reasons for returning to cycling.
  • Armstrong finishes third in the Tour de France.

    Armstrong finishes third in the Tour de France.
  • Former teammate Floyd Landis accuses Armstrong of doping between 2002 and 2004.

    Former teammate Floyd Landis accuses Armstrong of doping between 2002 and 2004.
    Landis claimed that Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel came to a financial arrangement with a UCI official to cover up a positive test by Armstrong for EPO in 2002. Landis also claimed that Armstrong had helped him understand how drugs worked.
    Floyd Landis puts Lance Armstrong at the centre of new drug allegations
  • Floyd Landis claims on ABC Nightline that he witnessed Lance Armstrong using PEDs.

    Floyd Landis claims on ABC Nightline that he witnessed Lance Armstrong using PEDs.
  • Armstrong finishes 23rd in his last Tour de France

    Armstrong finishes 23rd in his last Tour de France
  • Armstrong announces his retirement from professional cycling for the second time.

    Armstrong announces his retirement from professional cycling for the second time.
  • Former teammate Tyler Hamilton claims on CBS' 60 Minutes that he saw Armstorng inject himself with EPO.

    Former teammate Tyler Hamilton claims on CBS' 60 Minutes that he saw Armstorng inject himself with EPO.
    During an interview with CBS' 60 minutes, former Armstrong teammate Tyler Hamilton claimed that he saw Armstrong using EPO before and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France.
    CBS 60 Minutes interview with Tyler Hamilton
  • U.S. federal prosecutors officially dropped their criminal investigation of Lance Armstrong

  • USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) officially charges Lance Armstrong with with doping.

    USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) officially charges Lance Armstrong with with doping.
    Armstrong was charged in a letter from USADA, along with five others including former team manager Johan Bruyneel.
    Lance Armstrong charged by US Anti-Doping Agency
  • Lance Armstrong files lawsuit against USADA.

    Lance Armstrong files lawsuit against USADA.
    U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks wrote "this Court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong's desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement," and sharply criticized the length of the 80-page complaint.
    Judge dismisses Lance Armstrong's suit, says he can refile
  • Lance Armstrong refiles USADA lawsuit.

  • A federal judge has thrown out Lance Armstrong's refiled lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

  • Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges

    Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges
    Lance Armstrong ended his fight against doping charges but continued to protest his innocence.
    Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges