WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: LIVESTRONG Founder and Chairman and seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (L) and cancer survivor Tracy Elliman (R) of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, listen during a news conference at the National Press Club March 24, 2011 in Washington, DC. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network held a news conference to call on the Congress to oppose proposed cuts to cancer research and prevention programs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).
Allegations of doping hounded Lance Armstrong from the start of his comeback from cancer to win the Tour de France in 1999 through to his retirement and beyond.
Armstrong emphatically denied using performance-enhancing drugs despite years of accusations and allegations, saying it was 'one big lie that I repeated a lot of times' when he finally confessed to years of doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2013.
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