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July 25, 2003

The Great Survivor

Back in the big league, the Texan returned as a calmer version of the brash young rider the world once knew.

"The truth is, if you ask me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father," said Armstrong in his book It's Not About the Bike.

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