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| 1971 | Birth |  |
| 18th Sep Plano Birth of Lance Armstrong |
| 1991 | National Amateur Champion | |
| Becomes USANational Amateur Champion |
| 1992 | Barcelona Olympics | |
| Barcelona Finishes 14th in the individual road race at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics . Future teammate, Fabio Casartelli, wins the event |
| 1992 | Classico San Sebastian | |
| San Sebastian Signs with a professional cycling team, Motorola, and finishes last in his first professional race, the Classico San Sebastian |
| 1993 | US Pro Championship | |
| Wins ten titles including the USAPro Championship, and stage 8 in the Tour de France, and at 22 is the youngest road racing world champion ever. |
| 1995 | Classico San Sebastian | |
| San Sebastian Becomes the first American to win the Classico San Sebastian |
| 1995 | Death | |
| Wins the 18th stage of the Tour de France after his teammate and friend Fabio Casartelli is killed in a descent during the 15th stage of that same Tour |
| 1995 | Velo News American Male Cyclist of the Year | |
| Named the 1995 Velo News American Male Cyclist of the Year |
| 1996 | Belgian Classic Fleche Wallone | |
| Fleche Wallone Becomes the first American to win the Belgian classic Fleche Wallone |
| 1996 | World Champion | |
| Ranked no 1 in World Cycling |
| 1996 | World Ranking No 1 | |
| Ranked the number one cyclist in the world |
| 1999 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 1st time |
| 2000 | Publication | |
| Publishes his memoirs, "It's Not About the Bike" |
| 2000 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 2nd time |
| 2001 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 3rd time |
| 2002 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 4th time |
| 2003 | Publication | |
| Publishes his memoirs, "Every Second Counts" |
| 2003 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 5th time |
| 2004 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 6th time |
| 2005 | Retirement | |
| Retires from cycling |
| 2005 | Tour de France | |
| Winner of the Tour de France, 7th time, a record |
