American cyclist Lance Armstrong won the tour de France on seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but people uncovered evidence of performance-enhancing drug use and afterward stripped him of those titles in 2012.

Previously, Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson) also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy.

Since August 1998, he distributed, and people therefore erased his results and disqualified and banned from profession for life. He retired as a professional road racer.

* In 1999, the American broadcasting company named him as wide world of sports athlete of the year.
* In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him sportsman of the year.
* Associated Press also named him its male athlete of the year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
* He received the sports personality of the year overseas personality award of British broadcasting corporation in 2003.
* He received excellence in sports performance yearly award for best male athlete from entertainment and sports programming network in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.