Lance Armstrong
Nacimiento : 1971-09-18, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning 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 returned to competitive cycling in January 2009, and finished third in the 2009 Tour de France. He confirmed he had retired from competitive cycling for good on February 16, 2011.
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He is a 16-time world heavyweight champion. He is universally recognized as one of the greatest professional wrestlers ever to set foot in the squared circle. He is a larger-than-life personality who was ahead of his time, and yet continues to have a major influence in today’s pop culture. He has been the main event in countless arenas around the world, and on Friday, July 29th, just two days ahead of his final match ever, live from World Famous Nashville Fairgrounds, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair will once again be the headlining act, but this time he will take center stage at STARRCAST V for “The Roast of Ric Flair.”
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A personal examination of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong.
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Un 'mockumentary' sobre el dopaje en el Tour de Francia. La trama se centra en un “tiempo oscuro y ficticio en la historia del ciclismo”, allá por 1982, y con la carrera “más venerable y respetada del deporte” como escenario principal.
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When Pete Carroll took over the football program at USC after the 2000 season, the once-great Trojans were under siege. But thanks to his football knowledge, upbeat personality and recruiting skills, Southern Cal was soon back atop the college football world as home attendance skyrocketed, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush won Heismans and the Trojans put together a 34-game winning streak. As it would be later discovered, though, the program was committing sins that would result in lost scholarships, victories and one of those Heismans. But those revelations didn’t come until after the national championship game in the 2006 Rose Bowl between USC and the University of Texas. Featuring interviews with Carroll, Leinart and others inside the USC program at the time, “Trojan War” looks at Carroll’s nine-year USC reign through the prism of that game, considered one of the greatest in college football history. It was also the beginning of the end.
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A portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would finally bring him down.
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El realizador Alex Gibney consiguió el permiso para realizar un documental con motivo del regreso a la competición de Lance Armstrong en 2009, para ganar el que sería su octavo Tour de Francia. Allí se encontró compitiendo contra su propio compañero de equipo, Alberto Contador, la sombra del dopaje que negaba, y las declaraciones de antiguos compañeros que lo acusaban. Cuatro años después se destapaba todo.
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Jean-Christophe Rosé directs this documentary tracing the history of the world's most famous cycle race. Celebrating the event's centenary year, the film highlights the tour's enduring relationship with the public by looking back at the legendary riders whose names have become synonymous with the race, including Fausto Coppi, Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, Bradley Wiggins and Lance Armstrong.
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¿Es posible ganar al cualquier precio? Lance Armstrong bebió pensar que sí. El ciclista norteamericano, ganador siete años consecutivos del Tour de Francia, pasó de héroe a villano al destaparse uno de los mayores casos de dopaje de la historia del deporte, un sofisticado plan por medio del que Armstrong conquistó títulos y fama mundial y que hoy, una vez desmantelado, ha arrastrado su nombre hasta los escalones más bajos de la corrupción y el desprestigio.
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Spanning his early years as a junior to the disappointment of 2009 Roubaix, this unadorned everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-guy portrait puts a microscope on the silent man of cycling, George Hincapie. Ride along with George as he shares his joys and inspirations, his fears and frustrations, his anger (or lack thereof), his hopes and dreams, his strengths and weaknesses, and his plans for the future as he gives us a unique peak into his private world. A Ride with George Hincapie is a feature-length film that provides an unprecedented look at the man behind the athlete.
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'Race Across The Sky' - the story of the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race will inspire you to 'Dig Deep'. At 10,000+ feet, against the misty backdrop of a former mining town, Leadville, Colorado, 1228 cyclists start the grueling 100 mile race. This epic mountain bike race was captured with 10 HD cameras throughout the course including a helicopter and an off-road motocam. Racers include seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, six-time defending champion Dave Wiens and three-time World 24 hr Champion Rebecca Rusch. It's not only about getting up close and personal with the top racers but about all the racers and their inspirational stories. You'll laugh, you'll cry and if you don't get on a bike you'll do something amazing after watching this film!
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Detour de France offers a fascinating look inside the world's biggest annual sporting event. The film focuses on three Australians reporting on the world famous cycling event. All three bring a larrikin humour to their antics, which propels the film from mere reportage to something more akin to attending a sporting event with 'the boys'.
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Los recién casados Carl y Molly Peterson se encuentran con una inesperada visita en su perfectamente construido paraíso conyugal. Se trata de Dupree, un vividor con alma de poeta martirizado por su jefe. Cuando se coge una semana para ir como padrino de boda de Carl y Molly en Hawai, lo despiden de la empresa. Sin trabajo, sin coche, sin casa, Dupree se instala con los Peterson indefinidamente.
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All the highlights from the legendary cyclist's astonishing series of Tour de France victories, from 1999 to 2005. Not only is Lance Armstrong one of the best cyclists in Tour de France history, but his series of wins have been achieved against all the odds after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and given only a 60 percent chance of recovery.
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The Tour Baby!" chronicles Scott Coady's amazing journey following the entire Tour de France. Watch as Scott embarks on an adventure of a lifetime armed only with a Sony digital camera, his passion for cycling, and a beat up Avis rental van he called home for a month. Experience first-hand the excitement and drama of the world's most difficult and grueling sporting event.
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Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), es el propietario del gimnasio Average Joe's, el cual está por quebrar. La clientela del gimnasio es muy escasa, y está compuesta por Steve "el Pirata", un hombre que se cree pirata; Justin Redman, un chico escuálido que sueña con impresionar a una animadora que está a años luz de sus posibilidades; Gordon Pibb, un hombre obeso aficionado a los deportes más raros; Owen, un joven sin muchas luces; y Dwight Baumgarten, un engreído sabiondo que en realidad no tiene ni idea de nada. Al humilde gimnasio de Peter, le echa el ojo White Goodman (Ben Stiller), estrella del mundo de los deportes y egocéntrico propietario del Globo Gym, el resplandeciente templo del fitness.
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Lance Armstrong prepares for his third Tour de France victory with the coaches and athletes of the 2001 USPS Pro Cycling team.
