He soon went on to win seven consecutive Tour de Frances between the years of 1999 and 2005. Some critics suggested that his wins were not just from blood, sweat and tears but to me he was a man that claimed everything is possible. He was an inspiration to thousands of cancer patients who believed that they could do what he did, if they just had enough will …show more content…
A total of twenty six people, including eleven of his former teammates testified against Lance Armstrong. Tyler Hamilton rode with Armstrong from 1998 to 2001 and was one of the 11 team mates to testify. Hamilton’s statement included a detailed statement about the complex team doping program including the drug use and blood transfusion, which Lance Armstrong sometimes set up in hotel rooms. Hamilton also wrote a book called “The secret Race” and said that Armstrong gave him EPO which is a hormone that increases red blood cell count and therefore athletic performance. After Hamilton began competing with the case he was aggressively approached at a restaurant in 2011 by Lance Armstrong who told him that he was “going to make [his] life a living f---ing...