The Lance Armstrong Foundation said on Friday that by the middle of the day, donations were up 30 percent over Thursday as fans of the cancer-fighting nonprofit pledged support for its founder after the cycling champion was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
Chief executive Doug Ulman said that the foundation, Livestrong, has received an outpouring of support, including from cancer survivors who recalled the help it gave them when they were diagnosed.
“It’s been overwhelming,” Ulman said in an interview at the foundation’s Austin, Texas, headquarters. “The number of emails, the number of calls, the number of messages have been just really humbling.”
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