Reports surfaced yesterday, but I refused to believe them. Then today an article in Vanity Fair magazine confirmed that Lance Armstrong is 100% sure he is coming out of retirement to race in the 2009 Tour De France, and 4 other big professional races. I am still skeptical, kind of wait and see....will believe it when I see it. He still needs a team, and another rumor was that he was going to team Astana....who was not invited to race in the 2008 Tour de France because of 2007 doping scandals. Astana really doesn't make sense to me anyway since they already have Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador two top GC contenders on the team. Adding a third would be rough because you would really be asking the team to spread itself thin to protect 3 guys.
Anyway, I hope the news is true and I hope he lands on a decent team. Salary shouldn't be a factor since he has said he will ride for free and just wants to ride to raise (more) awareness for cancer research and cancer issues.
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AMAZING!!!
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