Hands down, 7 consecutive Tour de France wins and a list of other wins prove it.

Armstrong Victories: 1992, First Union Grand Prix, GP Sanson, Longsjo Classic (1 stage win), Thrift Drug Classic, Tour de Ribera (4 stage wins). 1993, Thrift Drug Classic, Trofeo Laigueglia, 8th stage of the Tour de France, USPro Championship, West Virginia Classic (2 stage wins), World Road Championships. 1994, Thrift Drug Classic. 1995, Clasica San Sebastian, 18th stage of the Tour de France, Tour du Pont (3 stage wins), West Virginia Classic (1 stage win), Stage 5 Paris Nice. 1996, Tour du Pont (5 stage wins), La Fl che Wallonne. 1998, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Tour de Luxembourg (1 stage win), Cascade Classic. 1999, Tour de France (4 stage wins), Prologue Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r (ITT), Stage 4 Route du Sud, Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe (ITT). 2000, Tour de France (1 stage win), GP des Nations, GP Eddy Merckx, Stage 3 Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r (ITT), Bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics Individual Time Trial, Men. 2001, Tour de France (4 stage wins), Tour de Suisse (2 stage wins). 2002, Tour de France (4 stage wins), Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r , Stage 6 Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r, GP du Midi-Libre. 2003, Tour de France (1 stage win and the Team Time Trial), Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r (Overall), Stage 3 Crit rium du Dauphin Lib r (ITT). 2004, Tour de France (5 stage wins and the Team Time Trial), Tour de Georgia (2 stage wins), Stage 5 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon, Stage 4 Volta ao Algrave (ITT). 2005, Tour de France (1 stage win and the Team Time Trial)

There are a lot of people who call Lance Armstrong a doper even though there is no empirical evidence proving that Lance Armstrong ever illegally used performance enhancing drugs. A lot of these allegations are based on a conversation that Lance Armstrong had with a doctor during his cancer treatment where he admitted taking some steroids. Steroids are often used to treat cancer patients and human growth hormone is used to help cancer patients after cancer is gone. Repeated testing has always exonerated Armstrong from accusations that he used performance enhancing drugs to further his cycling career. The United States is not a big cycling nation and yet it has produced two of the best cyclists of all time, Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond.

by far the greatist.. hate to say it but the others may have been great at different types of races, but only race most of the world cares about is the TDF, which LA has won 7 consecutive times.

Poster boy for steroids. The U.S. is the only nation that walks around with blinders on regarding this glaring fact. Look on any European cycling site and you'll get the story. He's a cheater of the highest order, everybody knows it, the Euorpeans consider the rider after him to be the true Tour champ.

A great "Tour" cyclist but is way down the list of the true greats as he focused all of his energy on just one race... Why? well I think he just wasn't good enough to cut the mustard with the big guns... His team tactics have changed the face of the sport for ever and I think in a possitive way but please read the facts of the others before voting for Lance as the gratest.

A fine cyclist but not the best he has made some remarkable stories for all to tell but anyon who reads about the feats of the greats and compares them will see Armstrong comes somewhere in the top 10 say 8 or so. To say armstrong is the best is like comparing Rodman to Jordan, Guillit to Pele, etc.... Look at the facts before voting!!!!!

Dont get me wrong...Lance is a increable rider...the best in the world, and yes it is remarkable he is alive! He motivates people and gives them great hope, he has great heart and if was the 'list of world sporting idols' he would quite possibly be number 1, but it is not. Lance has won the Tour de France on seven occansions, in a row! And as finished highly in other races such as Liege-Bastonge-Liege, Amstel Gold Race, Dauphine Libere, Classica San Sebastion, Vuelta e Spaina, and of course he is the youngest ever world champion (yes, yanks the tour de france is not the ONLY race in the cycling world!). but to say that he is better than Merckx, Hinault, Anquetil, Coppi! Is obsurd! To put it simply; Armstrong won just over 70 races in his pro career Merckx has won the most with 572! Hinault next around 320! Yes, i know what your saying...but Lance won the Tour de France, seven times...in a row! Yes, remarkable! But, again, the Tour is not the only race in the world, the biggest, but not the only. Lance rides around 15-25 days of racing before the tour each year, winning 1-3 races before hand. after the tour, he would race as little as five! Merckx, Hinault, Anquetil would race well in over 100 days before and after the tour winning races like Milan Sanremo, LBL, Paris-Roubaix, Giro d'Italiea before and Vuelta and Worlds after! And finally, Lance is the worldest greatest GC (General Classification, yellow jersey) rider, and he only choosing to train in that. Merckx was the worlds best sprinter, climber, time-trailest, classic rider in the world. A mix of Lance, Tom Boonen, Paolo Bettini, and Robbie McEwen today! Lance Armstrong is a incredable PERSON and an great rider, it could be over a decade until we have a better one. but to suggest he is the best ever!!! dont make me laugh! And i have read he may be the greatest sportsman ever! bloody americans! btw Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

Its amazing he is alive let alone the only one to win 7 tours. A great leader and motivater too....Class act to support his young teammate Danial and help ride him into the victory in the Tour of GA!

If heart does matter, then Lance Armstrong has no peer. Lance Armstrong transcends sport, let alone cycling, as he has achieved what was not considered possible by many in his profession. No, not being a six-time Tour de France champion, but being a cancer survivor and willing himself to the summit of his sport despite the odds which were stacked against him. Armstrong is truly a remarkable human being, and quite possibly the greatest athlete ever.

This guy has so much heart. He eats rivals alive in the mountains which is why he is the greatest evr. Miguel Indurain is second for sure but nobody can touch Armstrong in the hills and time trials.

How can you not pick Lance! He overcame cancer and he is still one of the greatest atheletes EVER! Best of luck Lance, win a 6th in a row!!!

Five Tours de France in a row puts him in the elite company of Eddy Merckx.