Word just came in from Lance Armstrong’s twitter account that his TT bike has been recovered by the Sacramento Police! Good news since it is a one of a kind machine worth 20,000 and more importantly specifcally tuned for Lance.
Video with Sacramento Police: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpDeNz2Xcfg
photo by: Darcy McCarty
Commenting after the 2009 Tour de France unveiling, Astana team manager and longtime Armstrong friend Johan Bruyneel was qouted saying there’s a “50-50″ chance Lance would start the 2009 Tour. Bruyneel added:
“For him, the goal of a comeback is not linked to an obsession to win an eighth Tour 1”
Bruyneel also chimed in on the [...]
Tour organizers unveiled the route for the 2009 Tour de France 1 on Wednesday. The course has lots of surprises including a 15k time trial intro stage in Monaco, the return of the team time trial, and a massive climb up Mount Ventoux in the penultimate stage.
The route seems well fitted for Lance and [...]
Lance Armstrong has accepted an invitation to ride in the 2009 Giro d’Italia. The Giro is one of the three “Grand” tours, along with the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France.
Lance has never competed in the long three week stage race considered the second most prestigious in professional cycling. This year [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has officially cleared Lance to ride in the 2009 Tour Down Under. Lance had pinpointed the Tour Down Under as the first race in his comeback season. It’s the first official event of the 2009 Pro Tour.
There had been some questions whether he would be able to ride since the [...]
It’s been a constant part of the rumors surrounding Armstrong’s comeback, that should Lance return he would most likely ride for his longtime friend and manager Johan Bruyneel. But it was complicated, Astana had been suspended from last year’s tour as a penalty for doping charges in the previous tour (though almost none of [...]
“I’m going back to professional cycling. I’m going to try and win an eighth Tour de France.”
-Lance Armstrong1
After months of rumors and speculation, Lance officially declares a comeback! It’s an incredible move which comes three years after retiring from professional cycling following a historic 7th straight Tour de France win.
In a five page Vanity [...]
