Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations found that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. Armstrong has been banned for life from all sanctioned bicycling events since 2012, though he retired from professional cycling in 2011. In the yellow jersey at the 2002 Tour de France after stages 11–20 — 10 stages, July 18 to July 28, taking it from Igor González. Lance Armstrong's results from this Tour were later taken away. Wiki link