He met Kik after he was cancer-free, BTW.

It was close, but she nursed him through it.


http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61933778.html

THEIR RELATIONSHIP BEGAN UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEM APART, HIS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL BOUND THEM TOGETHER.

When champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and Kristin Richard Armstrong, both now 28, first met, Armstrong was fighting for his life: He'd just been diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain, giving him just a 40 to 50 percent chance of survival. Their dates were punctuated by doctors' visits; when they married a year later, his prognosis was still uncertain. Within three years, Armstrong beat the odds by not only becoming cancer-free, but also by winning the toughest cycling competition on the planet: ...

That's incorrect. Lance's last chemo was in December 1996 and he met Kik one month after that.

On October 2, 1996, at age 25, Armstrong was diagnosed with nonseminomatous testicular cancer. The cancer had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. The standard chemotherapeutic regimen is BEP (Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin (or Platinol). Armstrong, however, chose an alternative, VIP (Etoposide, Ifosfamide, and Cisplatin), to avoid the lung toxicity associated with the drug Bleomycin.[6] Armstrong had surgery on his brain tumors, which were necrotic, and an orchiectomy to remove his diseased testicle. After his surgery his doctor admitted that he had had less than a 50% survival chance.

I lived in Austin during this time frame and heard all about Lance and his relationship with her. She was definatly involved with his recovery.

Sorry, but you are incorrect. Lance met her after his last chemo treatment. She didn't "nurse" him though anything. In fact, he met her because she was involved with his foundation.

How Lance and Kristin Met:

Kristin and Lance met in January 1997 at the "Ride for the Roses" charity event. The event was a few weeks after Lance completed intense chemotherapy to treat testicular cancer.

http://marriage.about.com/cs/celebri...ekristin_4.htm

Armstrong is losing at least 40 seconds to Contador today. I don't see where he will catch him.

Armstrong ended up losing 1:40 and finished around 10th. Lance had a good ride for a 37 yo man, but no one beats Father Time.

Cdcox says it's time to give up, everyone go home.

Still in 2nd. Playing teammate today. There is still a lot of race left. Something could still happen to Contador.

Does having one ball give you a cycling edge? It's probably easier to sit on the bicycle seat, no? And when you're standing on the pedals, you're more aerodynamic as the wind passes under your ass and over the seat. :shrug:

Did you see the stage? After Contador was clear, there were several other attacks that he couldn't respond to. The other guys just rode away form Lance. He would have covered those moves if he could have. Actually one of Armstrong's teammates, Kloden, stayed back with him and hauled his old ass up the hill.

Even if Contador left the race, I don't thing Lance could hold off the others. He just can't respond to attacks on the steep mountains and his time trialing isn't what it was.

Yes, I watched the whole thing. I agree that he didn't look like he could respond, but there were quite a few riders younger than Lance that couldn't, either. There's still a lot of racing left. We don't know if maybe Lance was saving something for the end. It's entirely possible. Maybe he had a bad day. Vandevelde certainly had a bad day. Sastre was even struggling.

Contador flew today, there's no doubt about that. Since he can now TT as well as climb, I can't see anyone touching him. Unless Lance can pull something off on the Ventoux, but I can't imagine him attacking his own team leader.

Biggest Lance fan. In a post race interview he recognized Contador as the stronger rider and said he would be a support rider for him the balance of the tour. He said the "high end" stuff just wasnt there. Contrador has it and he "knows what it's like" to have it. He just doesnt anymore.

IMHO Best Athelete EVER!

Much to be admired athletically.