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  <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous records of five wins by Miguel Indurain (consecutive) and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Previous to this achievement, he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy.

In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2002, &lt;i&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/i&gt; 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.
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  <title><![CDATA[It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life]]></title>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Every Second Counts]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sally Jenkins]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.45</average_rating>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[سرطان بهترین رویداد زندگی من]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sally Jenkins]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.83</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tour des Lebens. Ich besiegte den Krebs und gewann die Tour de France.]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sally Jenkins]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal]]></title>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Every Second Counts Unabridged on 6 CDs]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen Hoye]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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        <book id="7030472">
  <title><![CDATA[Die Kaliindustrie in der Region Hannover.]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Every Second Counts]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sally Jenkins]]></name>
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