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Article: Cycling: Miracle man Lance flies flag of hope; Martin BOOTH.(Sport)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 26, 1999
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LESS than three years ago, winning the Tour de France was the last thing on Lance Armstrong's mind.
Diagnosed as suffering from a virulent form of testicular cancer in October 1996, he was given only a 20 per cent chance of surviving - let alone riding a bike again.
Doctors who treated him in his native Texas confessed later they had given him a figure as high as 20 per cent just to give him some hope.
Yet that same stricken man yesterday completed one of the most stunning and emotional comebacks in sporting history.
He rode along the ...