1. Various wide exteriors of El Crillon Hotel

2. Interior wide shot of Lance Armstrong and doctors arriving at press conference

3. Photographer

4. Lance Armstrong

5. Wide shot of press conference

6. Doctor Andy von Eschenbach, Director of National Cancer Institute (U.S.) introducing Lance Armstrong

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

"Thank-you, thank-you. Due to the fact that my 200 friends the last three weeks made life very difficult it may not be story-time today. I think the thing that strikes me about this room and about this event, especially in the day and age that we are living in now so much what does America think, what does France think, what does Germany think, what Russia think. This is not a national problem this is a global problem and the resolution will be a global resolution. And to stand in a room with an international crowd and be in arguably the most beautiful city in the world is a tremendous honour and it's an honour to win the Tour de France anyway, but it's a real honour to win the Tour de France as a cancer survivor."

8. Various cutaways

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

"It's been a very difficult three weeks of course but somehow along the way you have these problems and you always look back to 1996 and you realise that a crash on Luz-Ardiden or a little cycle across into Gap is not nearly as bad as sitting in a hospital room in Indianapolis, Indiana. And so drawing on that experience helps and perhaps is one of the secrets to winning the Tour. Thank-you for being here and thank-you to my fellow cancer survivors for coming out. Thank-you Dr. von Eschenbach for having me and I hope everybody has great day."

10. Lance Armstrong having his photo taken and leaving

11. American woman outside holding up a copy of the French daily sports newspaper 'L'Equipe' showing Lance Armstrong on the front page

12. Wide exterior shot of El Crillon hotel

His life-and-death battle with cancer may be one of the secrets of his success, American cycling star Lance Armstrong said on Monday, a day after winning his record-tying fifth consecutive Tour de France crown.

Armstrong told a gathering of cancer specialists and survivors of the disease that winning the 23-day, 3,427.5-kilometre (2,125-mile) clockwise race around France was easy compared to the agony of lying sick in a hospital

bed, fighting a devastating illness.

Armstrong spoke at a press conference held before an advisory group of cancer specialists and survivors to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Armstrong was treated in 1996 for testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs.

He returned to competition and won the first of five consecutive Tour titles in 1999.

He has used his celebrity to help raise money for cancer research and survivors.

Around the world, 22.4 million people either have or have had the disease.