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The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true.
Lance Armstrong
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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
Autobiographer
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Professional Road Racing Cyclist
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Plano
Texas
Lance Edward Armstrong
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I've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts.
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