AP PHOTOS: A look back at Lance Armstrong's career

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AP PHOTOS: A look back at Lance Armstrong's career
By The Associated Press??By The Associated Press

FILE - In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Armstrong also won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports in 2000. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

FILE - In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Armstrong also won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports in 2000. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

FILE - In this July 1, 1999, file photo, cyclists Jonathan Vaughters, left, and Lance Armstrong, both of the United States, joke around during medical checks for the Tour de France cycling race at Le Puy du Fou, western France. Armstrong was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer in 1996. The tumors had spread to his abdomen, lungs, and lymph nodes. Vaughters later testified that he saw Armstrong inject himself in the stomach in 1998. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

FILE - In this July 15, 1999, file photo, the U.S. Postal Service team including, from left, Christian Vandevelde, Peter Meinert-Nielsen, of Denmark, Pascal Derame, of France, Kevin Livingstone, George Hincapie, Frankie Andreu, Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton, controls the pack during the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Le Bourg D'Oisans and Saint-Etienne, central France. Armstrong won his first Tour de France title in 1999_but in 2012 Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

FILE - In this July 25, 1999, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong holds up the trophy on the podium after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Arpajon and Paris. Armstrong won his first Tour de France title in 1999_but in 2012 Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

FILE - In this April 9, 2001, file photo, Lance Armstrong, left, appears during a news conference regarding doping accusations in Paris, as his lawyer Georges Kiejman watches. After a decade of denial and being stripped of his titles, Armstrong has finally come clean_ During an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, Armstrong said he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling race, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

Lance Armstrong finally comes clean about using performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. Here are some images chronicling his victories and the doping scandal that led to his downfall.

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