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Happy Birthday Lance

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We wanted to take a quick moment to wish Lance a happy birthday on behalf of all the LAF staff. He is 37 today, which in a weird twist of fate means he was born in the same year that President Nixon declared war on cancer.

If you would like to wish Lance a happy birthday leave a comment below and we will make sure he reads them all.

  • http://www.willsride.com Will

    Lance Happy 37th I am so pumped your back racing the tour hasn’t been the same with out you.

  • http://www.kidslivestrong.com Jeff Schwartz

    Happy Birthday, Lance! Looking forward to cheering you on in your return to competitive cycling and your continued efforts at raising cancer awareness and advocacy. Enjoy your birthday and thanks SO much for all you do!

  • Annemieke

    Lance,
    I wish you a very happy birthday, surrounded by all the people that you love and that love you. I hope this next year will bring you all you hope for, but not only in your fight against cancer and the beautiful project you have in mind: the racing combined with you asking global attention for this disease. I know the message is the important part for you but winning an eight…. But more than that I wish you a very happy personal life: you deserve all the happiness in the world. LiveStrong, Annemieke

  • http://www.lululemon.com Sharon

    HAPPY 37th LANCE!! All the best to you for a FABULOUS year ahead of training, good health and FUN!! Thanks for your inspiration! Sharon in Princeton, NJ :)

  • didy (belgium)

    happy birthday my friend.I’m so happy you’re back on your bike, mised you so much. no one has that look in his eyes and is so “one” with the bike.
    have a nice day, always on this dutch girls mind ……….liveSTRONG………

  • http://canceradvocacy.blogspot.com Brian Dowd

    Happy Birthday Lance! I wish you all the best on your birthday and hope you enjoy it with your family and friends.

    Best of luck with your training. Thanks for all that you do for the cancer community!

  • Julie

    Happy Birthday Lance! I hope you are having a wonderfully peaceful day doing something you enjoy with the people you love. Thank you for your inspiration and strength. Your book has become a permanent fixture on my nightstand and your words have gotten me through many tough times.
    -Julie

  • http://www.themerrilllifeblogspot.com Merrill Freund

    You continue to inspire me! Next nine months will be epic to watch.

  • Ramon Corrada

    Lance,

    Happy Birthday Champ!
    Hope that you have a great day with friends and family and also take the opportunity to meditate about the great achievements that you have had so far in your life and the big and great things coming up in your life on this new year that starts today.
    Good Luck and God bless you and your family.
    - Ramon Corrada from Puerto Rico

  • Angela Gilchrist

    Happy Birthday Lance! Although 1971 is a great year, you’re still a couple months OLDER than me! LOL. Have a great evening & embrace the moment.

  • http://livestrongblog.org Mark Van Aert

    Happy Birthday Lance! On your birthday I hope you are doing something you like….maybe a margarita or 2. I hope ALL the training is going well! Have a fantasic day and thank you again for changing my life I have never felt better! Mark from Vancouver Canada

  • rachel hubbell

    happy birthday hope you have a good one . keep living the dream

  • Barney Holbeche

    Happy Birthday, Lance! Excellent news about your return to professional cycling -for the sport, for the battle against cancer, and for you! One thought. Although the Tour de France is the premiere event, and I appreciate the challenge you are taking on, but please do consider riding the Giro and the Vuelta over next two or three years too – as they are top class too, they have their own character and culture and you would be warmly welcomed in Italy and Spain, you should join Alberto (when he wins the Vuelta on Sunday!)and the others to become the sixth three grand tours winner – but most of all consider the boost to your admirable cancer campaign amongst the latin world! Good luck and best wishes for ’09, I will be in Monaco to watch the start. Barney (long-standing Brit fan).

  • http://bayarea08.livestrong.org/mike Mike Roadie

    WIN Susan!!1

    I wrote you earlier this AM on an old Blog entry just to get my wishes in. I hope to do more next year to help the LAF out here in Miami, other than just the fundraising ($55K+ this year!!!).

    Anyway, HBD again and thank you for showing us ALL how to Live Strong!!!

    Best Wishes for the coming year, and the training/competing etc. I guess us going out for a beer is out of the question for a while!!!

    See you at RFTR.

    All the best,
    Mike

  • http://www.uccc.info Michael

    Happy birthday Lance from the University of Colorado Cancer Center! LIVESTRONG!

  • Courtney

    Happy Birthday! I’m glad you’re racing again!

  • http://home.comcast.net/~scottjoy/ Scott Joy

    I hope today’s celebration made new memories. Happy birthday — and enjoy your second “birthday” coming up soon on 10/2!

  • David Johnston

    Hey, I turn 37 next week, but I’ll raise a glass of Shiner Bock and toast your health tonight. Here’s to a great year. Cheers from your LIVESTRONG Army leader in Lawrence, KS.
    Rock Chalk-

  • http://www.pancan.org Bill

    Lanca,

    I just turned 37 on the 11th and we are in this fight together. You are my inspiration in helping my Mom beat her pancreatic cancer. She was given 3-4 months to live and that was almost 2 years ago. Your story is living proof what determination and the will to live can do. I am going to see you speak on November 8th in Orlando, you are my hero.
    Happy Birthday!!
    Bill

  • Ben

    Happy Birthday Lance! Hope you have a great day! Hope the training is going well and I look forward to seeing you tearing up roads all over the world in ’09! LiveStrong Lance, you’re an inspiration to us all…

    Best wishes,
    Ben from London, UK.

  • Jodi

    Met you at the fundraiser in Waterloo in June … you rock. Glad to hear you’re back on the Tour. Hope you come back to Waterloo in your training next year. Best of luck.

  • 5 yr old fan

    Hi Lance it’s me. I hope you had fun at that race. We were there [Leadville] and watched you. Second place is really good too. And Lance, you are my favorite guy and you are the BEST.

    Happy birthday. Have a lot of cake and I hope you have a really good time.

  • Jere Carpentier

    Cheers to the years Lance!! As a fellow cancer survivor, each year is a gift…and as the number raises…the bigger the gift! We were meant to be here and do what we can to help others on this journey..and hopefully eradicate this disease in our lifetime. Celebrate the difference you are making in so many lives…including yours!!
    Happy Birthday!
    Jere Carpentier

  • Nick

    Happy Birthday, you have been a true inspiration to us all. Thank you.

  • Pat Barkwood

    Hi Lance, Happy Birthday! I hope you rec’d. the B’day card I sent you with a note about my husband fighting a rare form of cancer called Merkel Cell Carcinoma. You are an inspiration in the fight against cancer – and now global.
    Good Luck in the 09 tour!
    God Bless!

  • Adrian Tonks

    G’day from Sydney Australia, Lance and Happy Birthday!

    I’m currently in my first cycle of BEP chemo for testicular cancer, and (as was the case with you) the first cycle hasn’t knocked me around too much. My surgery was 2 yrs ago and blood tests/CTs were all clear…until a month ago.

    “It’s Not About The Bike” has been a great source of inspiration to me, and I feel positive that I’ll get through this.

    It was fantastic to hear about your comeback, and hope you can make it over here for the Tour Down Under. I’m also looking forward to watching you and Cadel go head to head in Le Tour 09. Should be a great race.

    Cheers mate, would love to hear from ya.

  • Doug Archer

    Lance… I am a prostate cancer survivor. Like you, I am making another athletic comeback by running the Chicago Marathon on October 12th. I am 61 years old; my last marathon was Boston 1996 (100th year anniversary): I last did Chicago in 1988 (20 years ago). I tell you this not to brag, but rather to punctuate your great example that all of us are capable of achieving more if we just believe in ourselves and work hard. God bless you on your birthday. I will tell Jim Hoyt hello the next time I see him at the BikeMart.

  • Doug Archer

    p.s. Jim and Rhonda sold me my first Cannondale in 1984 when their store was further south on Coit.

  • Andy

    Happy Birthday Lance. We share the same birthday. Thank you for inspiring me to get back on the bike.

  • Aria Sungkono

    Happy Birthday Super Lance !

    All the best,
    from Bandung, Indonesia

  • Paul the Aussie

    Excuse me Tiger, Roger, Rafa, Alto Bolt and Kelly Slater, move over – LANCE IS BACK.

    Happy Birthday Lance – I hope your 37th is as good as your 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd!!

    We hope to see you in Australia for the Tour Downunder.

    Paul

  • Denis Muller

    Happy Birthday Lance, while 37 is just a number, it remains a milestone for you since beating cancer. Wishing you continued superb health and superior fitness to crush your cycling opponents! I am looking forward to hearing the details of your return to the peloton on the 24th. As a fellow cancer survivor and cyclist, you continue to inspire me and countless thousands – to quote Winston Churchill “Never, never, never quit”. Aloha and Livestrong, Denis Muller

  • http://www.myspace.com/eric635 Eric

    Happy Birthday Lance – you’re making a lot of us out here push those pedals harder with news of your comeback!

  • Angela Freeman

    Happy Birthday Lance! It was on this very day in 1999 that my mother had her voice box and vocal cords removed because of cancer. Both of us have been involved in your events ever since. Thank you for giving her hope to be brave and fight like hell! YOU’RE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

  • Alex Howe

    Lance,
    It appears you will be tackling middle age as well as the roads of France. Enjoy the ride. Hoping there is time in your life to realize your wishes and dreams for yourself, your family, and the people that consider you part of their family.
    Happy Birthday.

  • http://curesrock.blogspot.com Julie Westcott

    Happy Birthday, Lance! You do so much for all of us cancer survivors, that I truly wish you a happy day just for yourself. :)

    Julie
    San Diego, CA

  • http://curesrock.blogspot.com Julie Westcott

    I know I just left a comment, but I have to post again! Your birthday got me thinking about when I will turn 37 in four years, and it dawned on me that it’ll be my 5 year remission “rebirthday” from my cancer that year. Granted, I just hit my 1st year cancer-free, BUT, now I am looking forward to 37, too! Sounds like a vintage year to me! CURES ROCK. Thanks, Lance…and again, Happy Birthday!

  • kim

    happy birthday Mellow Johnny and please come to Georgia and save our race …thanks from Canton,Ga.

  • http://www.livestrong.org Pru

    Happy birthday Lance!!! I threw a birthday party in your honor today! It was a lot of fun! We had a cake made with all yellow frosting that said Happy Birthday Lance, we ate off of bright yellow plates, we had party favors that were in yellow bags and everything inside was yellow, yellow birthday balloons, we played a game and made tee shirts that said “just call us LANCE because you don’t stand a chance!” As you can see you missed a GREAT party!!! Maybe we’ll see you next year! :)
    Happy Birthday and good luck with everything and the 09′ tour!!!!:)

  • Darren Cook

    Happy Birthday, Lance! As a literacy and math teacher, my 9 years of teaching the “Lance Armstrong Unit” has inspired a thousand kids to get on the bike and off their butt. For others it helped them deal with family crises surrounding cancer. You are truly a inspiration to our generation. AS you pass through Grand Junction on your way to Aspen, know you have touched a lot of lives here.

  • Michelle Crisp

    Lance: Wishing you a blessed day. I am a two-time breast cancer survivor and cannot express what an inspiration you are to me and millions of others. Thank you for just being you – a wonderfully gifted athlete – but, more importantly, a solitary beacon of strength and light to those that have traveled the dark path that cancer forces you to walk. I LiveStrong in gratitude.
    Happy Birthday!
    Michelle Crisp
    Front Royal, Virginia

  • Anita

    Happy B-day Lance!! God bless u in this wonderful day, and for the years to come! congratulations also on you comeback! good luck! You are a true inspirational source and an example of strenght for all of us. Thank u for being here, for giving hope for people all around the world!
    From Anita,24,latin fan
    Alajuela,Costa Rica,Central America

  • John from St. Louis

    Hey Lance. I actually left a comment at an earlier blog, so I was on time for your birthday. I hope you had a great one. I’ve been fighting the good fight in the comments sections at news sites around the globe ever since your official comeback announcement. I believe that you’re going to make a successful comeback, and that a lot of people will be impressed with your announcement on the 24th. You’re an inspiration as both an intelligent, hard-working athlete, and as a man. Godspeed.John

  • Kevin Hausauer

    Happy Birthday Lance! May you have many more!
    I wish you all the luck in the future.
    Kevin – Frankfurt, Germany

  • Denis

    Happy Birthday Lance. Thanks for the inspiration on the bike and in life. Looking forward to next cycling season,with you in the peloton,never mind aso or l’equipe.
    Livestrong
    Denis french supporter!!

  • Nigel Snape

    Happy birthday old timer. see you in France. Happy Days are here again!!

  • Crissy Terawaki Kawamoto

    Indeed! Happy Birthday, Lance!

  • Crissy Terawaki Kawamoto

    . . . or, as we would say in Hawai’i, Hau’oli la hanau!

  • Smithy

    Happy 37th birthday Lance!

    Good luck with the training and I look forward to cheering for you and your team in the 2009 tour.

  • http://drepaul-memorial-academy.blogspot.com Robert Drepaul

    Many Happy Returns, Mr Armstrong.

    My mother, Anne Drepaul is terminally ill with cancer. She recently organised a Cricket Match to raise awareness of cancer in rural Guyana, South America. Detials can be found at http://drepaul-memorial-academy.blogspot.com

    Regards

    Robert S. Drepaul

  • Giorgio

    Happy Birthday, we wait you on the roads of Tour de France

  • kerry boswell

    Thank you so much for your books, which inspired me to get my own going. It helped me get out of bed with immune system breakdown, from toxic wastee site exposure( New Jersy, 37 uncleaned sites) to riding out here( almost up tp 40 Kms now!)in Canberra, Australia, where I now live.
    My mother in Law has just been diagnosed with agressive lung tumor( likely asbestos related) yesterday and has been told three to six months to live. I am getting her support and help( what we can get here) with help from LS. Many thanks.

  • http://mildstallion.wordpress.com Al

    Happy Birthday, Lance. Now go tear it up out on the road.

    Many thanks for fighting the monster that took my mother.

  • Irena

    Happy birthday, Lance. Thank you for the great news about your return to cycling. You can’t imagin, how many people arround the world are now diskusing your chance in next seasson.:-) Good luck and live strong.

  • Tom

    Happy birthday Lance.
    I have been going through my own little battle with cancer this year and at my lowest point my girlfriend had the understanding and support to buy me your books. What can I say? The inspiration has been so uplifting. Thank you and best wishes.

  • Sonia

    Hi,

    Today is the day of your birthday … and I here on this side of the ocean and never forget and i celebrate all years, although today was a day full of treatments, I have always time to smile … there is someone born 37 years to show that not there is impossible, when you want something too.

    Congratulations , health and peace.

    Thank you for you exist in my life.

    ** I wish you all there is to this world better.**

    S?ɬ?nia from Portugal

  • http://portland08.livestrong.org/patrickchatfield Patrick Chatfield (Region 11 Mentor)

    From your Seattle/Northwest LAF mentor, hope you had a good birthday – great riding with you in Portland, young man (I turned 40 this year – that hurts) … you’re doing some great work, and this next year will definitely be a memorable one, eh?

  • http://www.fightagainstcancer.blogspot.com Henrike

    Happy belated birthday from all 25 members of the LIVESTRONG Army Northern Germany (which includes people from all over Europe)!

    We’re all looking forward to hear about the new global launch of the LIVESTRONG movement!

  • Victoria

    Happy 37th, Lance. I was so glad to hear that you will be back for the Tour — Oh, God — another thing for poor Greg to get upset over! Now he’s going to have to sue the Tour too! Another note: In case you missed my fabulous Livestrong.com video, I decided to go very prim and proper at this week’s Ryder Cup — and am happy to say that I will be there yet again, watching the pros for the final round of play on Sunday! Life is so good. I wanted to tell you that I was wearing my Livestrong bracelet as were so many others there including the sponsor for our company. I was so thrilled to see that — Livestrong is everywhere and alive because of you! BTW — will you conquer the Mount Ventoux this time?? “Le Mount Ventoux ne tolere pas le surregime, n’est pas?” How’s that for incentive, Mellow Johnny?

    Sincerely,

    Vickygal from Livestrong.com

  • Michelle

    Lance,

    I hope you had a wonderful birthday, and were able to spend it with family and friends.

  • Cindy

    Hope you had a happy birthday yesterday. We appreciate all you do for cancer research. It has affected all of us. We even lost our sweet 10 1/2 yr-old yellow lab-golden retriever to cancer this week and are mourning again.

  • Markus / Germany

    Wish you all the best – great to hear you are back. I guess you spent your birthday training hard, because you give it all you have, as always. I wish you a very successful year, in all regards.

  • Beth

    Happy birthday Lance!

    Livestrong everyone!

  • Mary

    Lance,

    Have a fabulous birthday and continue the celebration all weekend long! I did not get to meet you at the Summit, but would like to thank you for allowing me to attend. I am still inspired and encouraged. My brother is fighting bladder/prostate/colon cancer right now and I sent him my VOTE YELLOW shirt.

    May the media leave you alone to enjoy yourself for your birthday! LIVESTRONG my friend!

  • scott hudson

    Hey Lance happy birhday!! im glad your back on the bike for a 8th title

  • http://www.livestrong.com George Lapa

    Lance is ballin’ Happy birthday dog. Maybe one day I will win Le Tour de France 8 times like you have, or will

  • Kathy

    Birthdays are a lot more fun now huh??? Congrats and happy 37th. See you on the hills in Austin!!

  • Jeff Bennett

    Happy Birthday Lance!

    The dragon boat races in Montreal were a blast, you should have stuck around.

    See you at the challenge in Austin.

    Be well,

    Jeff

    LiveStrong Army – Maine

  • Dawn Durbin

    Everytime I look down at my LIVESTRONG bracelet I get inspiration and courage. I am thankful for the day you were born. Thankful for your cancer committment on my behalf and by the way, thank your beautiful mother for giving birth to you.

  • Ben

    Happy belated Birthday Lance. You are an inspiration to many and provide hope and support along the way. After I read your book “It’s not about the bike” I passed it on to a colleague of mine John who unfortunaly is longer with us as he lost his battle with prostrate cancer. I know that the book gave him hope and strenght throughout the end. Keep up the good work and best of luck getting ready for victory #8. You are amazing.

  • http://pinkribbonsally.wordpress.com/ Sally Nix

    Lance – Happy birthday to such an inspiring dedicated man! I have just finished your book, and I know that each birthday is a tremendous victory celebration. You are an awesome leader to all of your Army!

  • Dan Pickett

    Hi, Lance glad your coming back its gonna be awesome.I have a few co-workers wearing Livestrong bracelets working on the rest.

  • Cor Seijkens (Holland)

    Hey Lance,

    Proficiat!!! (congratulations). It’s a little bit late but still not too late!! Eat and drink as much as you can. Then go on with your training…;-) 37 is a nice age.

  • http://pinkribbonsally.wordpress.com/ Sally Nix

    Lance…I completely forgot – we would love to have you back in Boone!

  • ingride lewis

    Dear Lance,
    Hi! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!
    I was delighted to hear that you were returning to professional Riding……Go! Go! Go!
    My husband bought your TShirts for each member of our family and I used your motto “Live Strong” as our class motto two years ago. (I am a teacher here in Israel.) I belong to a group of avid mountain bike riders. We have a great website (Our ages go from late 30′s to 78!) We ride the Carmel Mountain Hills, the Jerusalem Hills and whatever tracks are around localy. We have a great website. Do check it out. http://www.cyclenix.com.

    As we say here in Israel…”until 120!!!!!!” May Angels be around you always and may you continue to inspire people to live a better life and fight a better fight and above all to “Livestrong!”

    With my very best wishes,
    Ingride (Lewis)

  • Amy

    I met a woman that works for you that is dealing with breast cancer. (she is so amazing)!! I work for our famous dentist here in Austin. WOW. thank you for inspiring her and me!!

  • Stephanie

    Thank you for inspiring me to ride, I have just recently read “It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life” which I really enjoyed. Happy Birthday, and Good Luck in 2009 Tour de France!

  • Liesel

    Happy Birthday, Lance. Thanks for all you do – you give strength and inspiration to so many. Everyday is a day closer to a cure.

  • http://www.livestrong.org/http://www.LAF.org Robin Gordon

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, afterwards
    LANCE ARMSTRONG!

    Good luck and JUST DO IT
    in 2009 again!

    You are the GREATEST INSPIRATION in my life and for so many million of fans too, but for me you are also the greatest sportsman ever.

    Thank you for your return to professional cycling and your global cancer fight, LANCE!

    PLEASE GIVE NOT UP! Thanks a million for your courage, LANCE ARMSTRONG.

    Just do it for your family your LAF.org foundation and all your million of fans.

    God bless you, your family and friends too.

    Wishing you all the best for your Lance Armstrong Foundation.

    I AM ROBIN I LIVE STRONG.

    LiveSTRONG,
    Lance ArmSTRONG

  • Jim Manley, Livestrong Army leader

    Lance,

    Happy belated birthday. Too busy fundraising and getting ready for the Austin ride! I’ll see you in Austin and I’ll have Team Ravinia Charity Champions with me. All the best. Jim

  • Annett

    Happy B-day, Lance. I wish you all the best, especially for health and your 8th win of the TdF in 2009.God bless you.

    Annett, Cottbus, Germany

  • cherry lewis

    Happy birthday Lance, I lost my sister to cancer five years ago,and it still hurts.I received a livestrong band from a friend when he went to new.jersey and it broke.now i feel lost without it on my hand.I live in barbados in the caribbean,so can u please tell me how i can acquire a new one.can i purchase it online? please let me know.Also i am so glad you are back in the competition,good luck stay stong,cherry.

  • Archana

    Happy Birthday Lance. It is good to see you back racing and i am sure it is going to be a tough but a rewarding race and a much awaited one for us…

  • Kevin

    Lance, Happy birthday!!.
    I`m very happy with the news that you are coming back in 2009! You can do it!!

  • http://www.musmash.vai.la victor

    Heyyy Lance happy birthday!!!!

  • http://singfromtheheart.net Peter Evans

    Hi Lance, hope you had a very happy Birthday.
    You have been a huge inspiration to me and my son Freddie in our lives, and in our cycling, which I took up again for the first time since childhood as I was gripped by your comeback in 1999.
    We’re really looking forward to your latest comeback though kind of hoping you might take on some of the challenges – Paris Roubaix, the Giro, maybe even the Veulta – that you sacrificed your chances in to dominate the Tour, rather than gunning for an eigth Tour win.
    Whatever you do, we’ll routing and hollering for you by the roadside and from our home in Brighton, Sussex in the UK.
    Support and gratitude always, Peter and Freddie Evans. :@)

  • marie horton

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE !!GO GO GO FOR 2009, WILL BE THERE TO WATCH YOU WIN !!

  • Mike

    From Boone, NC, happy birthday Lance. Can’t wait to see you on the roads again in 2009! Best of luck!

  • http://www.team-reelight.dk/ Brian Henriksen

    I am 37 and also born in 1971, and a former rider on the danish national team – Know all about what it means to stop racing.

    But its even more serious to get back.

    Do only listen to yourself because you have nothing to loose.

    I am ready to see you in Paris next year.

    Please tjek in at our team website http://www.team-reelight.dk/

    You are always welcome in Denmark

  • Cheryl Petersen

    Dear Lance,
    I hope you had a wonderful birthday. I’m sure you enjoy every minute of every day, after all that you have been through. I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing your book on your experience with testicular cancer. I read it twice, cover to cover, and shed many tears while reading it; it hit close to home, for my husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer, stage 2b, in June of this year. He unfortunately went into kidney failure after receiving contrast for a CT to check for a dental abscess after his first cycle of chemo, so his course has been anything but easy. Luckily, his kidneys returned to normal after three weeks, and he did finish his four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin. Thanks to you, I am leaving with my husband in an hour to visit your friend, Dr. Larry Einhorn, and his associate, Dr. Foster, to consult regarding surgery for residual masses; hopefully, all that remains is scar tissue or teratoma. I felt I needed to thank you before I go; your book taught me the value of doing my research and being an advocate for him. I cannot tell you the relief I feel to know he will now be in the best of hands. What you are also doing to raise awareness of the need for cancer research and the changes you have made to your life show us the amazing good that can come from something as devastating as a cancer diagnosis. When I return from Indiana, I am interviewing for a nursing job in research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, so I hope I can make my mark on the world of research, as well.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. I wish you the most happiness.

    Cheryl Petersen

  • grossbery

    happy birthday Lance

    I am very glad you are coming back next year to win your eightieth Tour de France

    Ihope i will have the opportunity to meet you
    i have so many question to ask you

    fred

  • http://www.LAF.ORG Penny Feddick

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU LANCE!! ENJOY IT WITH YOUR LOVED ONES! YOU DESERVE IT MORE THAN ANYONE!!!!!! :)

  • Jasmin Washington

    LANCE! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!
    I am so excited to hear you are gearing up for the next tour! im saving money to make my first trip to france to cheer you on! You are such an inspiration and all my friends think im crazy for being so crazy about livestrong and all your accomplishments! Being a 19 year old female doesnt help the cause either! Hope to see you in JULY!! Best of Luck!
    -Jasmin

  • Linda

    G’day Lance

    Happy belated Birthday

    I hope to see you in France next year riding your best race yet.

    From the land down-under happy birthday mate!

    Linda

  • Srinivasa

    Hi Lance,

    BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES!!

    We are very happy to see you back on your bike.I would like to share a small thing with you my friend.

    I was totally depressed when i lost me love life for a few reasons. I was totally blank and the entire world seemed nothing to me. I dint want to live anymore without a smile on my face. Totally buried in my sorrows, i was searching for something which can help me divert my mind out of my sorrows. My friend suggested to read your book.. It was at that time I started reading that book and to be honest I was totally blowed away by your wish to die flying down from the Alps if at all you had to die… This sentence alone pumped me and motivated to die like an hero.I read your books and now i am proud to say that I ahve a new meaning for life now. I have decided to live and struggle for happiness. Happiness of others. Strive for the smile on other’s face. This is what I have learnt from you. Thanks Lance.. I have never met you. But I am sure, I wont miss the chance of meeting you once I am in the states.

    Thanks for such an inspiring story and a book.Long live Lance.. All the best..

    Srini..

  • Takuto

    Happy birthday Lance!!

  • Carlos Gonzalez

    Hola Lance.. soy Carlos Gonz?ɬ°lez de M?ɬ©xico (Guadalajara) y quiero felicitarte or tu cumplea?ɬ±os y decirte que gracias a Dios y atu ejemplo de fotaleza han sido un motivamente fundamental para poder sobre llevar mi enfermedad (C?ɬ°ncer – Linfoma No Hodking)…. Quiero decirte que desde el momento en que me diagnosticaron mi enfermedad tus haza?ɬ±as, logros y metas me han motivado y ense?ɬ±ado a que nada es imposible para Dios y el hombre logra lo que se propone.
    Gracias Lance .. y gracias a Dios por que nos regala un a?ɬ±o mas de vida contigo…

    LIVESTRONG

  • http://www.livestrong.com/profile/diko617/ Arnold

    HAPPY 37TH BIRTHDAY LANCE!

    Here’s to another year of cheering you up all the way to Paris!

    Allez Lance Allez!

    Livestrong,
    Arnold
    Santa Clara, CA

  • Lars – Kassel, Germany

    Belated birthday wishes, Lance!

    Saw you two times live in France and i am happy to do this once more next year! Best wishes and good luck for your preparation! Vive le tour – vive Livestrong!

  • Tim

    Happy Belated birthday…see you in Austin on the 26th.

  • Ronan

    Belated wishes Lance,
    best of luck with the comeback, here’s to a successful year back on the bike and a chance to silence ‘L’equipe’, Walsh et Al.
    Vive Lance

  • Allison

    Lance-

    To be honest I was a little worried when I heard you were returning to cycling (because of the possibility of tainting the legacy). After reading the interview you did with that Austin journalist I realized, “He’s back!” There’s no longer any ounce of doubt in my mind! You will forever be remembered as a man who would not accept anything less than the best out of himself and everyone around him. Making cancer a global priority is a cause that needs you and I’m sure you will not disappoint.

    Thank you so much for all that you do. Like millions of other people, you have inspired me in ways you can’t even imagine. I can’t wait to see you take on the Tour and blow it apart…again. Best wishes!

  • Heidi

    Lance,
    Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it was a great one.

    I just happened to read your book back in December 2007. I was SO inspired. I am lucky in that I have not ever lost anyone close to me to cancer. However within a two year span I buried my Dad and a son. Devastating beyond words. Your words have kept me going. I have since lost 15 pounds, organized a LiveSTRONG Day event, joined the LivesTRONG ARMY, and held a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Thanks for reminding me not just to live, but to LIVESTRONG!!! Looking forward to seeing you win the Tour!

    Heidi

  • Philip (Iraq)

    Happy Birthday Lance. There are numerous Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines over here that wish you the same. No need to wish you good luck on your comeback, because there is nobody that can touch your strength on a bike.

  • BRUCE

    happy belated Lance, ever since I saw you when the corestates million dollar prize back in what 93, 94,95?, you have been amazing keep on riding so you can show those old guys like Hineault and Indurain it is possible to keep competing if you still have the fire

  • Doret

    Thank you so much for getting on your bike again. Happy belated birthday and have a very good ride!

  • katie

    happy birthday lance!!!!
    your the best rider ever, we will watch your races and your fight against cancer in our family with great joy! all the best!

  • Rosanne

    Hi Lance, Happy belated birthday. I feel a connection to you. I have stageIV colon cancer and one day when you were at Dana Farber about six months ago I was in the waiting room on Dana 10 and you were in the infusion room. When I went in for my infusion my nurse said that I just missed you. Thank you for all you do and the global initiative is just awesome. Best of luck in your upcoming races.

  • barbara johnson

    A very Happy Birthday and many, many more, Lance. You have been an inspiration to me in helping my son fight stomach cancer. I commend you for pooling all resources and helping all people with cancer. You are a great American and an exemplary human being! Barb in Oregon

  • Susan Fowkes

    Happy Belated Birthday Lance! You have been a mentor, hero, friend & inspiration to our nephew, Jimmy Fowkes. For that we are forever grateful. Now we have a friend here in Santa Barbara who is fighting for his life at this very moment. He is battling a cancer his doctors here & at UCLA have described as similar to yours. His name is Jerry Anderson & he is being treated at Cottage Hospital.Thank you for your global fight against cancer.I wish that you could be here in S.B. to offer your personal eupport to Jerry & his wife Candy.

  • marni

    Lance, belated birthday wishes from Ireland- i want to let you know how delighted i am that you came out of retirement! we never got the chance to go see the tour de france when you were cycling- and regretted it when you retired- you can guess where our hols will be next july!livestrong lance and bon chance xx

  • Linda S.

    Belated Happy Birthday, Lance!
    Thanks for what you give back on a daily basis. I am SO proud
    of you, Doug, and all of the amazing people at LAF-you continue to reach higher and invite us along on the journey!
    FOREVER THANKS, Lance.

    Happy Birthday!
    Always & LIVESTRONG. See you in Austin!
    Linda

  • Jamie & Cindy Breau

    Happy Belated Birthday Wishes Lance!

    We think it is wonderful you are coming out of retirement to further the global fight against cancer.

    You have inspired us to join this fight and we look forward to following your journey in the years to come!

  • carey goodall

    Dear Lance

    Happy birthday from all recreational cyclists in Adelaide. We are just pumped to hear the news that you are coming down here to race and raise cancer awareness. You will love Adelaide and its friendly people. (but bewarned-it might be a bit hot!) All the best with you new endeavours and hope you do brilliantly! regards carey goodall

  • http://www.motherearthfathertime.com Jade Topp

    Happy Belated Birthday Lance!!!
    From all of us in the LiveSTRONG Army Erie, County PA Chapter.
    We are so happy to see you back in the race.
    Your courage has brought so many of us through the “tough” times.
    But we know the “Unity IS Strength, Knowledge IS Power and ATTITUDE IS Everything!”
    We wish you the best of everything on your Birthday and everyday!
    LIVESTRONG!
    Jade ~ Leader LIVESTRONG Army Erie, County PA Chapter

  • http://womenofteal.blogspot.com Dee ( NJ)

    Happy Belated Birthday , Lance!
    I hope the year ahead will be a fantastic one. The LIVESTRONG Army Central Jersey and I will be cheering you on as the world makes Cancer a Priority.

    Thanks,

    LIVESTRONG
    Dee

  • Kurt H

    I’m a September baby too! What a present you gave me with your announcement to RIDE AGAIN!
    My wife is a cancer survivor in the middle of the fight. Keep up the great work to make CANCER HISTORY!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE

  • Wayne

    Happy Birthday, Lance and congratulations on all the good you are doing in the world. We need more “leaders” such as youself now more than ever.
    I’ve been in the same places as you over the years ( DC and Atlanta) but never had the nerve to approach you directly. You are so high energy and always seem to be focused and busy, but I’m sorry I didnt because I have great respect for what you have done and are doing and want you to hear that from me. Next time, I’ll extend my hand and tell you face to face.