Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist.
He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005. He is the only individual to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins, shared by Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. He has survived testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, and his prognosis was originally poor.
In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. He received ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003. Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, 2005, at the end of the 2005 Tour de France, but returned to competitive cycling in January 2009.
Lance is a real hero. When are you going to present the new trikots ?
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The greatest cyclist of all time! France loves you!
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Lance, how do i go about joining your team…to RIDE!!! Seriously, climbed Everest, walked unsupported to the South Pole, got a silver medal at the world masters track cycling champs and i serve the Lord! Would love to try out for a place on your team?? what must i do?
Alex
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Lance; Dude, how do I get a spot on your team?
I bare foot water skied from NY to England
I ran from Alaska to the North Pole in nothing but Speedos and snow shoes
I parachuted from a 747 at 35,000 ft right onto a target the size of a dime
I am the 3 time winner of the Vadalia, Missouri 5k walk-a-thon sponsored by Bobby’s Bait Shack
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Lance my man, I biked around the city of Chicago twice yesterday and ran to the mail box. Seriously, I climbed every step of the John Hancock building and even volunteered at the Boston Marathon. I need to be on your team!
John F. Smith
Chicago, IL
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Happy Birthday Lance. All the best for your future battles with Contador!
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When I first heard about you, I knew you were my hero! I have always loved to ride a bicycle! I hope you guys do good in 2010! I would love to join your team (but I’m only 15). GO LANCE ARMSTRONG, AND TEAM RADIOSHACK!!!!!!
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Lance,
Seriously, dude. You have some well qualified applicants here, but consider this.
I’ve been following your career for like 8 months now and felt very inspired by your performance at the “Tour”. So much so, that I ran down to Walmart the other day and purchased a sweet Mountain Bike ($189 American). Now, this baby can climb! There is a Radio Shack, like 4 miles from my house on top of a steeeeep hill. I’ve been doing training runs daily (ok, maybe not every day). That’s 8 large round trip! If, you are looking for some strong riders, I am available. Got bike, will travel! Also, how come you don’t use Mountain Bikes on Mountain stages? Sounds like an oversight on your coaches part. I am telling you, with my bike, I am up that hill like a mountain goat, 20 min. tops, then I fly downhill like a devil. Like I said, tweet me dude!
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Lance – How’s Texas? I’m a doc in the Air Force and have been stationed in Tx several times. Now working at the Bethesda National Naval Hospital in DC. Our boys (and I) will never forget the years we lived in Texas, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama and spent each July glued to the TV watching the Tour (since 1999). We all bought nice road bikes and have been avid riders since. Thanks for all you do and have done for fighting cancer. Several of our relatives have had cancer and your inspirational history of not only surviving cancer, but what you’ve done for cancer research and awareness, and the will to survive is second to none! Keep going Strong … many are behind you!
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Hi there. I am very happy to know that your team has 3 portugueses. Thank god we have someone like Lance Armstrong that makes people get motived with his actions, I was amazed with your Tour perfomance. I hope the best to you and to Tiago Machado, Sérgio Paulinho and, of course, José Azevedo.
Portugal
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Lance-
Thirteen years ago they told you that you had cancer. You beat that, I don’t think Contador will be any trouble! Why did you go with RadioShak? Wouldn’t Apple Inc. have been a wiser choice?
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Hire me; I can implement SAP for the team and run the whole RadioShack Team operation using SAP.
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Ur an inspiration. I don’t care who won the 2009 TDF, ur always a true winner.
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I know I’m a few days late, but congrats on another year of beating your hardest competitor. As you know your return brings smiles to alot of us, and I will continue to support the cause with or without you……but with you is cool. Good luck to you sir with the new team and I truly look forward to the team cycling gear, I will definitely rep it in my rides with pride.
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lance dude you’re done youre competedor is contador but you’ll both gonnna lose It’s Geesink who is the capital winner
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pick me Lance. i can cook!!!:) Seriously!
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Lance,
Dr. Tom here. Biomedical Cancer Researcher. Tenured, Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology. Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio. Finding a cure for Pancreatic and lung cancer are my current areas. I would like to accenuate your LiveStrong awareness program even further via a blog of your daily input combined with my experience on current cutting edge biological cancer research, support, treatments. A daily blog of your activity and Team Radioshack, coupled with front line cancer treatment news would draw national, if not
international…daily…attention. That is what we need to generate consistent, daily, acknowledgement of cancer, and the continued generation of funds for basic science research. If your interested in what we might be able to work out, drop me a line at thomas.L.brown@wright.edu
Promoting cancer awareness and research to treat or cure cancer is paramount and my utmost interest.
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I’M FRENCH PEOPLE- I SAID WHAT LANCE IS THE BIGGEST SPORTMAN IN THE WORLD FROM EVER
I M IMPATIENT : WHEN ARE
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WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT THE NEW TRIKOTS FROM THE TEAM
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Lance, eres el mejor, una leyenda, esto va de parte de un español para el que eres su idolo y ya una leyenda del ciclismo y del deporte en general, animos y a ganar el tour del 2010. Tu puedes Lance.
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tak trzymaj Lance, rok 2010 b?dzie twój. pozdrawiam Tomasz
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Well Lance I gotta say congratulations on forming the new team, I think it is awesome for US Cycling.
That said I am gonna enjoy watching you in the tour next year as Contador will have free range to go after you and not wait up for you as his team mate.
Best of Luck!
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Riding with you will b a dream come true!
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Lance,
Congratulations on the new team. I am sure that Radio Shack will be a terrific sponsor. I am looking forward to the 2010 racing season.
Like a lot of other folks in my region of the country (NC), I am hoping that the Tour de Georgia is on again in 2010. I have always hoped that your foundation would sponsor an American race at some point. How about now? The “Livestrong Tour de Georgia” has a nice ring to it…
Best of luck this coming year,
Doug
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Lance is the number 1 of ever. Im sixteen years old and i will se the all 7 victorys of Lance in the tour.
Portugal is very grateful to Lance for betting on Portuguese riders contemplate the great job Jose Azevedo did for him while teammates giving him a place in his team. My dream is to know the Armstrong one days.
Thank you Lance.
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Lance,
I am a 65 yr. old woman who loves cycling (riding and watching). My club, SCOR (Specialized Coronary Outpatient Rehabilitation)in Whittier, Ca. has many riders over the age of 65 and even into their 80′s, who really look up to you and what you have done for cycling and cancer research. Keep up the good work.
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Lance, I suffer from rhumatoid arthiritis and with your motivation got into cycling for six plus years now. Hooked on this postive addiction and loving it. Wow, next year’s tour will be awesome. It will be brutal even to watch on TV. I hope your team has some great climbers to pace you and you will need great time trials. May the souls of the past look over you, Lance.
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What else can I say that hasnt already been said! VIVA Team Radioshack. If you build it, they will come. Fire-it-up!
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MR. Armstrong. Your birthday and my mothers are the same. She was born 1906. I watched her as a doer. Watching you ,I became an overcommer. I pray the best for your team this next year. I will be watching.
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Mr. Armstrong, You are my true hero I started riding four years ago i am now 16 years old and enjoying it more than ever. And i have been racing for 3 years. Every year since 1999 me and my dad watch the tour de france. My mom and dad are having bets if george hincapie will join your new Radio Shack team. I have recently been training to go to cyclo-cross nationals and im so excited 2 be going. It is goin to be a blast. Cant wait to see you in the tour next year.
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o ya i almost forgot. i am on a junior cycling team called Active Knowledge. We have over 50 kids that are signed up to be on the club/ raceing team.
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September 18 2008 marked my 5th year of being chemo free, I believe I share that date with someone…
Looking forward to an awesome year from the shack! Going to be really exciting!! Best of luck boys
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Hi Lance, i have had many years of late nights glued to the TV watching cycling & the teams you have been with.I have climbed many a hill thinking yes i can do it it is only a speed bump compared to what the guys on the tour do,i use your quote “never give up,quitting is forever” with all of my clients i coach for endurance events. Thank you.
If you ever need a professional& experienced sports massage therapist in your team please let me know.
I have worked with NZ Cycling, NZ Surf Lifesaving & NZ All Blacks, i am always looking for new challenges. Good luck for the new season.
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lance you are the best!!!
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Lance, because of you I am as fit as I am today. I didn’t watch you live but after I saw you cross the line for the last winning time (in 2005, I was 15) and heard your speech, I thought maybe it was worthwhile looking into. I was a skeptic. I laughed at cyclists who wore the short spandex shorts and the shaved legs, but I watched your battles through the mountains, and instantly became hooked on cycling. You have truely become the icon of cycling, and because of the motivation you have given me, I am now in the military with a very fit body and a mindset to always do better. I push myself beyond any limits I have ever thought possible. Thank you for everything. Livestrong!
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Go 4 it
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Lance! Team Radioshack’s roster has us all excited. Now go out and clean up!!!!
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Go4 it
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AllthewayfromNedAntilles
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Mr. Armstrong,
You are not only an example for the cyclists, you are also an example for all sportsmen and even for the whole society. Your Livestrong action is absolutely phenomenal.
Thanks for giving the Belgian cyclists a spot in your team, I really hope Gert & Sebastien will perform good this season and all other seasons for team RadioShack.
Even though Merckx is a Belgian I liked your way of cycling more than his. And after all the false accusations you stayed clean and that is just the way it should be.
Good luck with team RadioShack & Livestrong.
Greetings from Belgium.
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Looking forward to your eighth Tour-win, Lance. Good luck and best regards from Germany.
Simon
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Lance,what a stir in the cycling world you made upon your return.Watching the TDF was like watching the world cup..it was awesome.Alberto might have won the TDF But Lance has won the people,thats the greatest achievement ever.Wishing you and all the team the best in 2010.
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Lance is the most cyclist of the world, he can win The Tour de France in 2010 and with Radioshack he’s the new best cyclist of the world
Go Lance and Go Radioshack
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Hey Lance, I’m a police officer in Miami Fl. I was bummed to hear you were here in downtown last week and I couldn’t get off work to go and see you, I am a huge fan. My wife is a cancer survivor, and to honor her I am going to ride in Americas Most Beautiful Bike Ride in Lake Tahoe this June. It would mean the world to my wife and I if you would just take a look at my web page and leave a comment. http://pages.teamintraining.org/sfl/ambbr10/joshuagarfinkel
Good luck and god speed!
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Lance,
You are a role model.
A fighter giving hope.
Like said above, you don’t need to win the TDF again. You have to win the people. And you have a headstart.
respect.
Steven.
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You just are exceptional. The best or all times
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woww…you have now the strongest team ever!! congrats, we know you guys will rock TDF, just one thing…when you have the chance, the right moment and the strength to go like the lance of 2001…GIVE THAT PISTOLERO “THE LOOK”…he needs to learn to be thankful with some people who is on the Shack now.
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Go Lance Go! 2010 Tour de France champ!
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Lance – I’m going to be in Austin next October for the annual Octoasterfest (toaster collectors convention). Yep, we collect old bread toasters, imagine that! Can’t wait to visit your bike shop. I just might have to sell a couple of toasters to have some cash to spend at Mellow Johnnies!!
LIVESTRONG!
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Lance, my name is Craig McAuley and i’m thirteen years old. I’ve been racing for 2 years and following your career since i was eight. I hope you can win another tour now that you have the backing of EVERYONE in your team and when you attack you can give Alberto ‘THE LOOK’ so he can see what hes lost and that he can’t win the tour on his own. KICK THEIR ARSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GORA LANCE!! Gracias por estar ahi… Te sigo desde la enfermedad y el deporte. Eres un ejemplo y te deseo lo mejor este 2010.
Gracias por tu ayuda… Desde Zarautz (basque country)
Peru
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there can only be one the greatest, and that is: EDDY MERCKX.
Just compare the victories of Eddy and Lance, and you’ll see.
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Here comes the Captain…….the mighty conqueror of TDF
Go Team RadioShack
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Lance, I love that you are back in it and kicking butt. It was great to see you blow everyone away at leadville. Good luck this year to you and team RadioShack!
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Why is there no info on weight and height of riders??
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Lance,
My family has followed cycling and especially you since 1994. My son and I have not missed watching a tour since 1999 and look forward to it every year. My Son ran track at the University of Louisville and always used you and Pre has motivation to succeed not just in sports, but in life. My son was diagnosed with Lymphoblastic Lymphoma on 5-15-07, when he was air-evaced to IU Medical center We wanted to get him there because we read your book and new that is where you had some of your treatment. After 8 rounds of Chemo, a relapse, more chemo and radiation and then a bone marrow transplant, He is doing well. Cancer is in remission. He continues to draw on you for inspiration. There were some very dark days when we would continue to go back to your book for encouragement. We want to thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. You and my son, along with some amazing Doctor’s and nurse’s are my true hero’s.
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Lance,
I roomed for a week in the master suite you stayed in at the Placencia Hotel in Belize this summer. You did the temple to temple race in Belize. You rock… Kick the crap out of Astana this year…
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Lance you are the best rider ever on Earth! Congratulations and strength for next season! I am a big fan of yours, of Sergio and Joaquim!
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numbeeer oneeeeee!!!!
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Lance it was great watching your stellar performance in the 2009 tour..Contador is another matter… If you have anything left in those legs of yours do us all favour and kick his ass in 2010. That smug cry baby needs to be taught a lesson and you are just the man to do it!
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ever since your my #1 fan lance…i will watching you in tour of calif.
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Hey Lance what about George Hincapie? Can you pick him up?
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wish I could be part of the team
i like the whole team thing. I’m one of those good teammates 
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amstrong is the best
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Lance has given the sport of cycling a new meaning, he’s risen the bar and specially he has taken the message beyond imagination! There are no limits to what one can do. France has learned to love a man who came here to test himself and ended up beating his odds and the peloton!
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Lance, I’ve been a fan for a long time. I love watching you in the tdf and can’t wait till you can really take it to contador this year. no more team politics. Just finished reading “its not aboutthe bike” and I have more respect for you than ever. I know that you will get #8, and show them just like you did with confidis.
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Lance, thank you, Your comeback to the world of cycling inspired me to get a bike and ride. I started Aug. 2009 after watching the Tour De France. As it goes I’ve made my goal for 2009 of just over 1000Km. This year I have started early with bigger goals. Thank you for inspiring this “old Fart” Diabetic off the couch to ride. Ride 2010 and wear a helmet. Cheers
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Lance,
You have inspired me to start cycling. I am a runner and now a triathlete. I am looking forward to watching you in the 2010 Tour de France with Team Radio Shack.
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Lance,
I used to be senior staff at Cannondale. You think Joe Montgomery has any regrets about not meeting with you just after you beat cancer. Oh, he of little faith! I guess Trek and The Postal Team were the beneficiaries! Keep up the good work, and stay clean!
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I don’t know if Lance intended to come off as an ass in the Radio Shack commercials out recently but he really has. I think the Radio Shack ads really paint him as a self righteous dick. This looks bad for both Lance and Radio Shack from my perspective.
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Lance,i will not write there that you are great cyclist and person,you know it…but I wish you luck from 3rd July!!!One MORE WIN at TOUR
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Lance, you are my idol! Champion on the road! Champion off Road!
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“8″
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Lance,
Congratulations on a great second place overall finish at the 2010 Tour De Suisse. I watched every stage on VS and have great respect for you, team radio shack, and all professional cyclists. Thanks for coming back to racing. Your performance at last years Tour De France inspired me to get a road bike and I love it. You are awesome.
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Looking good so far … All the best to you in this Tour De France.
Go Lance Go! May the best rider win!
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Just the best, live strong on this tour
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Go Lance! Keep on fighting and win a stage in TDF 2010!
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dear my friend lance
yastaday reyal fighting in stage iam vaeyhappy recove in propomance god luck go hed in genaral plasess this credidt in coach johan
lance lave coloden honer god bless
saliya sri lanka cyclist(ex)
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Hello Lance7,
want to join us?
http://www.challenge-big.eu
Carlos Sastre, Michael Boogerd, Jeannie Longo and others are already among us. It would be our great honor to welcome you among us!
Mojmir – USPS forever
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lance plz reply to me if u r reading this i want u to go back to cycling and be an even better racer then before i know u can do it plz res ponfd to me
thx and live strong lance
matt k
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Lance eres un Campeon en todos los sentidos muchas gracias por los buenos momentos que pase frente al televisor animandote a ti y a mi buen amigo Chechu .
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Lance u r my hero helped me keep strong while my dad was battling cancer. Hope u do well in the ironman triathalons livestrong FTW
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