Nike terminated Lance Armstrong's contract today in the face of "insurmountable evidence" that he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.
Even though it seems like Armstrong's world has only recently come crashing down, the fact is he has been fighting cheating allegations since his first Tour de France in 1999.
It has been a long, long downfall.
We took a look back at this past decade or so to see trajectory of Armstrong's fall, from the failed drug test in 1999 to Nike's termination today.
In the early '90s he wasn't yet a contender for the Tour de France title. He won a stage in 1995, but that was as far as his success went
In 1996, he was diagnosed with late-stage testicular cancer that had spread all over his body
Source: Cycling News
He was only given a 40% chance to live
Source: People
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