Lance Armstrong, aka Juan Pelota or "one ball" is a 7-time Tour de France winner & swimmer

Lance Armstrong, famous for winning the Tour de France seven times, is respected in swimming circles for his fantastic stroke. 

Lance, a proud Austin, Texas resident, often trains with his manager/lawyer, Bill Stapleton, a 1988 Olympic swimmer, and other Austin Olympians like Aaron Peirsol and Brendan Hansen. 

Recently a video posted to youtube under Juan Pelota, Lance's personal Twitter handle. Juan Pelota means "one ball."  Juan Pelota's bio on Twitter:  Grew up idolizing The Big 4. They used to call me Junior. Retired. Raisin' 5 kids. I swim, I bike, I run. I travel. I fight cancer. And I like cold beer.

Here is Lance's, I mean Juan's, swimming video: 

And here is open water sources' analysis of Lance's stroke: 

And here's Lance/Juan's recent Twitter posts about swim workouts: 

Juan Pelota @juanpelota6 Dec

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Was thinking about inviting @MaccaNow 2 swim this week but he flaked last year. Guess he doesn't want 2 spend an hour looking at my feet.

 

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Juan Pelota @juanpelota6 Dec

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And yes, that last one was supposed to say 50 and not 500

 

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Juan Pelota @juanpelota6 Dec

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Killer swim w/o today. A Jim Montgomery classic. Went 100 and a 50 eight times through. Both the 100 and 500 were on 60 seconds.

 

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Juan Pelota @juanpelota8 Nov

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Hard swim wo today. 6x100 on 1:10, 6x75kick on 1:20, 4x100 on 1:10, 4x75kick on 1:20, minute rest, 2x100 on 1:05, 2x75kick on 1:20.

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Lance is a personal hero of mine - whether he's called Juan or not. Saw him three times on the Champs Elysees and will never forget each victory.