Lance Armstrong Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1993

The 1993 UCI Road World Championships were held in Oslo, Norway. By winning the road race Lance would get to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a whole year, when cycling. In 1993, Lance beat out Olaf Ludwig and Miguel Indurain for the victory.

Answer: False

Lance first competed in the 1993 Tour de France. He didn't win his first Tour de France until 1999. Lance would go on to win seven straight Tour de France titles. Lance was his seventh straight Tour de France in 2005.

Answer: 1993

Lance competed in the 1993 Tour de France, racing for Team Motorola. It was Stage 8; the date was July 11, 1993. Stage 8 was 184.5km long. The stage started out in Châlons-sur-Marne and ended in Verdun. Lance would not gain the lead though. A Belgian, Johan Museeuw, would have the lead at the end of the stage. Miguel Indurain would win the 1993 Tour de France.

Answer: False

Lance was declared Sportsman of the Year in 2002, not 2003. Lance won Sportsman of the Year because he won the Tour de France four times in a row (at the time he was chosen). In 2001, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling were Sportsman of the Year. They won because their team in 2001, the Arizona Diamondbacks, won the World Series. Both Curt and Randy were co-mvp's of the World Series.

In 2003, Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the award. They won because the San Antonio Spurs, Tim and David's team in 2003, won the NBA Championship. Tim was NBA and playoff MVP, while David was a two time NBA Champion.

Answer: Bronze

Lance raced for his home country, the United States of America. Viatcheslav Ekimov, a Russian, won the Men's Time Trial. He beat Lance by 01:34. Jan Ullrich, of Germany, placed second in the Men's Time Trial. Jan also won the Men's Road Race in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Answer: 2

Lance won Stages 3 and 4. He would win the 2004 Tour de Georgia. Lance rode for U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor in the 2004 Tour de Georgia. He won by 24 seconds over Jens Voight. Jens rode for Team CSC. Gord Fraser won the points classification. Jason McCartney won the King of the Mountains classification. Gord and Jason rode for Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis.

Answer: Points Classification

Lance rode for Discovery Channel. Lance placed fourth overall in the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Discovery Channel won the team classification. Íñigo Landaluze won the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Íñigo rode for Euskaltel-Euskadi. Iván Gutiérrez won the King of the Mountains classification. Iván rode for Illes Balears.

Answer: 4th

Abraham Olano won the 1998 Vuelta a España. Abraham rode for Banesto. Fernando Escartín placed second overall. Fernando rode for Kelme. José María Jiménez placed third when the 1998 Vuelta a España came to an end. José rode for Banesto. José also won the King of the Mountains classification. All the top three finishers for the 1998 Vuelta a España were Spaniards. Lance placed fourth, just two minutes and eighteen seconds behind Abraham. Lance rode for U.S. Postal Service. Fabrizio Guidi won the points classification.

He rode for Team Polte. Banesto won the team classification.

Answer: Cofidis

Lance first started his professional cycling career out with Motorola. He was with Motorola from 1992 through 1996. He joined Cofidis in 1997, which would be his only year riding with Cofidis. In 1998, he signed with U.S. Postal Service and stayed there through 2004.

In 2005, the U.S. Postal Service changed main sponsors, they became the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Lance stayed only one year, retiring after the 2005 Tour de France.

Answer: September 9, 2008

Lance announced he was coming out of retirement, saying that his goal is to win the Tour de France again. His goals were to ride for Astana, ride for free, and receive no pay. Then on September 24, 2008, Lance announced that he would compete in the 2009 Tour Down Under in Australia.

In October 2008, Lance announced he would compete in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. This will be Lance's first time competing in the Giro d'Italia.