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Lance Armstrong's ranking among world cyclists in 1996 before he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain.
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 If Lance Armstrong can win the Tour for a fourth consecutive time, he'll be only the fourth rider ever to do so. AP |
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3
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Children he has with wife Kristin. Son Luke, and twin daughters, Isabelle and Grace. All children were conceived through In-Vitro Fertilization as Armstrong's chemotherapy left him sterile.
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3
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Consecutive Tour de France titles won by Armstrong, tying him with Greg LeMond for the most wins by an American in the 2,250-mile race.
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4
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Percent body fat Armstrong carries. Shaquille O'Neal has 16 percent.
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5
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Months after his cancer was diagnosed that Armstrong began training again.
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16
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Age Armstrong became a professional triathlete.
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20
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Percent chance that doctors gave Armstrong to recover from advanced testicular cancer in 1996.
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32
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Armstrong's resting heart rate. The average resting heart rate for a man is 70 beats per minute.
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33
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Percent larger that Armstong's heart is compared to the heart size of an average man.
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85
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Armstrong's VO2 Max rating, which measures the amount of oxygen the lungs can consume during exercise. An average healthy male might rate a 40.
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2,046
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Number of miles in the 2002 Tour de France. Shortened this year in the hopes of lessening Armstrong's advantage.
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6,500
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Average number of daily calories burned by Tour de France riders over the three weeks of the race. Active people might burn 3,500 daily.
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3,000,000
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Amount in grant money for cancer programs and research distributed by the Lance Armstrong Foundation since its inception in 1997.
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