Lance Armstrong Trek Bike Tour De France
Armstrong s now voided first tour de france victory in 1999 was on a carbon fiber trek 5500.
Lance armstrong trek bike tour de france. In 1999 lance armstrong s time trial bike was a trek badged titanium litespeed blade. The best lance armstrong tour de france documentary nobody has ever watched. Lance edward armstrong born lance edward gunderson.
Lance armstrong became the first american to win the tour de france on an american bike with and an american team in 1999 and led to an american dominance within the sport alongside the wisconsin based trek bicycle company. Before trek had a relationship with lance armstrong the american company partnered with three time tour de france winner greg lemond. These were the.
6 9 which has been graphically customised for the seven time tour de france winner s return to professional. The 5500 frame was still comparatively heavy by modern standards weighing around 3 85 lbs. I think this is the only titanium bicycle that was ever used by a tour de france winner later nullified.
Tour de france 1999 2005 winning bicycles trek oclv optimum compaction low void carbon and madone model. At one point trek bicycles sold the lemond brand of bikes. At just 24 years old discovery channel s alberto contador is among the youngest riders to win the tour de france.
September 18 1971 is an american former professional road racing cyclist he became regarded as a sports icon for his seven consecutive tour de france wins from 1999 to 2005 the most in the event s history however armstrong s reputation would be tarnished by a doping scandal and he was stripped of all of his achievements from august 1998. In 1999 trek bicycles became the first bike manufacturers outside of europe to win the world s most prestigious bicycle race the tour de france with us postal service leader lance armstrong s triumphant performance armstrong and his unrelenting teammates race on stock trek 5500 oclv carbon frames making them the only team in the tour de france to race on frames identical to. Cycling tour de france 2000 part 2 duration.
Lance armstrong s tour de france winning machines august 2 2007. At the time of his second tour attempt in 2000 armstrong was riding both the 5500 frame as well as a lighter and more advanced 2 75 lb trek 5900 frame for.
