Support road.cc

Like this site? Help us to make it better.

news

Video: Lance Armstrong: "Rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated"

Banned cyclist takes to Instagram to refute fake news story that claimed he had passed away

Lance Armstrong yesterday took to Instagram to refute a report published on Wednesday on a fake news site that he had died.

In a short video, he holds up a smartphone showing an article headlined "BREAKING NEWS: Road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong has died" with the shot zooming out to show Armstrong, alive and well, shaking his head.

 

"The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated." - Mark Twain

A post shared by Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) on

The words attributed to Mark Twain by Armstrong, banned from cycling for life in 2012 for doping and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, are in fact a misquote.

The author actually said, "The report of my death was an exaggeration," his words published in the New York Journal on 2 June 1897. Rumours that Twain, who was visiting London at the time, had died had been circulating in the United States for several days.

Twain himself took up cycling in his forties, and in his 1884 essay, Taming The Bicycle, wrote: "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live."

Add new comment

6 comments

Avatar
MartyMcCann | 7 years ago
2 likes

" The words attributed to Mark Twain by Armstrong, banned from cycling for life in 2012 for doping and stripped of his seven Tour de France title"

I didn't realise Mark Twain was a doper...!

Avatar
jova54 | 7 years ago
5 likes

Why does a little voice in my head tell me that Lance probably started the story himself just to keep his name in the headlines?

Avatar
brooksby replied to jova54 | 7 years ago
2 likes
jova54 wrote:

Why does a little voice in my head tell me that Lance probably started the story himself just to keep his name in the headlines?

Good lord: you aren't implying that mr Armstrong is a faded star but a rampant self-publicist, desperate for attention at any price? Shurely shome mistake.

Avatar
srchar | 7 years ago
1 like

It was a joke mate.

Avatar
srchar | 7 years ago
4 likes

That'll be £200 please Mr Armstrong. Oh and 6 points on your licence.

Avatar
KevM replied to srchar | 7 years ago
1 like
srchar wrote:

That'll be £200 please Mr Armstrong. Oh and 6 points on your licence.

Unless of course he's pulled up in a car park in Texas...

Latest Comments

 
Logo

Looks like your ad blocker is on.

×

We rely on ads to keep creating quality content for you to enjoy for free.

You can subscribe to road.cc to support us and turn off ads for good

Continue without supporting us

Choose your Ad Blocker

  • Adblock Plus
  • Adblock
  • Adguard
  • Ad Remover
  • Brave
  • Ghostery
  • uBlock Origin
  • uBlock
  • UltraBlock
  • Other
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock Plus icon
  2. Click the large blue toggle for this website
  3. Click refresh
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock icon
  2. Under "Pause on this site" click "Always"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Adguard icon
  2. Click on the large green toggle for this website
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ad Remover icon
  2. Click "Disable on This Website"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the orange lion icon
  2. Click the toggle on the top right, shifting from "Up" to "Down"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ghostery icon
  2. Click the "Anti-Tracking" shield so it says "Off"
  3. Click the "Ad-Blocking" stop sign so it says "Off"
  4. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock Origin icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the UltraBlock icon
  2. Check the "Disable UltraBlock" checkbox
  1. Please disable your Ad Blocker
  2. Disable any DNS blocking tools such as AdGuardDNS or NextDNS

If the prompt is still appearing, please disable any tools or services you are using that block internet ads (e.g. DNS Servers).

Logo