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Lance Armstrong

1971 - Today

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Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) 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 after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found he used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. He is currently banned for life from all sanctioned bicycling events.At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lance Armstrong has received more than 13,034,644 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 82 in 2019). Lance Armstrong is the 6th most popular cyclist (up from 10th in 2019), the 1,312th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,619th in 2019) and the most popular American Cyclist.

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  • 13M

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  • 60.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lance Armstrong ranks 6 out of 1,214Before him are Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Maurice Garin, and Gino Bartali. After him are Bernard Hinault, Raymond Poulidor, Tom Simpson, Rik Van Looy, Felice Gimondi, and Miguel Induráin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Lance Armstrong ranks 16Before him are Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, Anna Netrebko, Idina Menzel, Dolores O'Riordan, and Snoop Dogg. After him are Ewan McGregor, Ricky Martin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vitali Klitschko, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Niko Kovač.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lance Armstrong ranks 1,312 out of 18,182Before him are Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Cass Elliot (1941), Gordon Moore (1929), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Benjamin Bloom (1913), and Sacagawea (1780). After him are Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Kenny Rogers (1938), Izzy Stradlin (1962), Max Wright (1943), and Queen Noor of Jordan (1951).

Among CYCLISTS In United States

Among cyclists born in United States, Lance Armstrong ranks 1After him are Greg LeMond (1961), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Floyd Landis (1975), Levi Leipheimer (1973), Tyler Hamilton (1971), George Hincapie (1973), Tommy Godwin (1920), Major Taylor (1878), Andrew Hampsten (1962), Bobby Julich (1971), and Connie Carpenter-Phinney (1957).

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