From ESPN: Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seven-time Tour de France champion at a cancer conference Wednesday.
"My
name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor," he said to open his
speech to the World Cancer Congress. "I'm a father of five. And yes, I
won the Tour de France seven times."
Armstrong announced last week
he would no longer challenge the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's drug charges
against him. USADA threw out his competitive victories dating to 1998,
which include all seven Tour wins.
Armstrong, who has maintained his innocence, focused on his
experience as a cancer survivor and the work of his charitable
foundation.
He said he struggled to get enough information after his diagnosis in 1996.
"After
I left the doctor's office, I was grabbing every pamphlet and flyer I
could off the wall," he said. "You know what we did after that? We went
to the bookstore -- remember those things."
Armstrong also
announced his foundation would donate an additional $500,000 to a joint
initiative aimed at increasing access to cancer care around the world.
Armstrong briefly returned to the doping scandal at the end of his remarks, vowing it wouldn't impact his charitable work. http://espn.go.com/olympics/cycling/story/_/id/8315779/lance-armstrong-introduces-7-time-tour-de-france-champ
The doping charges were false and no matter what any idiot says, Armstrong legitimately won the Tour De France 7 times.
I hope he has a nice quiet retirement and his charity continues it's good work.
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