Lance Armstrong Twitter

If you've ever had the desire to ride with Lance Armstrong, you can do it vicariously by becoming a follower of the Lance Armstrong Twitter page.

Lance Armstrong is a professional road racing cyclist that was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer on October 2, 1996. The cancer eventually spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. Despite the seriousness of his condition, Armstrong's cancer went into remission in 1998. He won the Tour de France in 1999. Armstrong is the founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, otherwise known as Livestrong, a non-profit organization that raises money for cancer research. The Livestrong website provides extensive information about health fitness, disease and nutrition. Livestrong also has its own Twitter page.

Twitter is a micro-blogging social networking website, which limits posts to 140 characters. Users can access their accounts through the Twitter website, or by linking their cellular phones to their Twitter profile.

Twitter has become a new way for celebrities to toot, or perhaps tweet their own horn. A recent article on Time Magazine’s website lists Lance Armstrong as one of the top 10 celebrity tweeters, though the article describes the Lance Armstrong Twitter page as "monotonous." Apparently, Lance is big on plugging products and drinking coffee.

As of October 13th, 2009 the Lance Armstrong Twitter page had over two million followers, though it's interesting to note that Lance is only following 120 people. These include:

• Drew Carey
• Outside Magazine
• Ben Stiller
• Team Radio Shack: Lance Armstrong's cycling team
• Shaquille O'Neal
• George Stephanopoulos

In October of 2009, a Daily News Article reported that Lance Armstrong used his Twitter account to dismiss reports that French authorities are investigating syringes handled by his Tour de France cycling team. In order to stay within Twitter's 140 character limits, Armstrong used the acronym SSDD to say "same stuff, different day, implying that this is not the first time that something like this has happened. Armstrong assured his Twitter followers that none of the team members use illegal substances.

Lance Armstrong has also been known to use Twitter as a means of spin control. In fact, according to an article in the Athens Banner Herald, the celebrity bike racer usually refuses to talk to the press.

During the 2009 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong created a diary on Twitter. The diary begins on July 4th in Monaco, where he finished 10th. On July 7th, he reported from Montpellier that he had come in second. He also took the time to report that Livestrong had won a number of health information awards. After coming in second in the July 8th race from Le Cap d'Agde to Perpignan, Lance told his Twitter followers that he was "On the massage table. Listening to Iron and Wine."

In February of 2009, Lance Armstrong was in Sacramento for the Amgen Tour of California. While he was there, the police authorities came to his room to inform him that thieves had broken into the team truck and stolen Armstrong's time trial bike. Cycles belonging to team members Janez Brajkovic, Steve Morabito and Yaroslav Popovych were also stolen. Lance posted a photo of the bike in a Twitter “twitpic," with a caption stating "There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off. Reward being offered.”

Lance Armstrong's loyal Twitter followers formed a Facebook group called "One Million Citizens Looking for Lance Armstrong's Stolen Bike." The man who eventually found the bike and delivered it to the police is not a suspect.

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