Armstrong to Race in 2009 Tour

FishFF · September 8th, 2008, 03:00 PM

Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement and compete in next year's Tour de France, VeloNews reported Monday, citing sources close to the situation.

Armstrong, who will turn 37 on Sept. 18, will join the Astana team and compete in five road races, the sources told VeloNews.

He will compete in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia, the Dauphine-Libere and the Tour de France. The sources told VeloNews that Armstrong will receive no salary or bonuses.

Armstrong's manager, Mark Higgins, would not comment.

Sources told VeloNews that Armstrong's comeback will be the focal point of a story in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, to be published later this month.

Live Strong.

Matt Wilson · September 8th, 2008, 03:05 PM

Chalk up one more on the big board. Dude's got more balls than the entire TDF field combined.

JJ · September 8th, 2008, 03:11 PM

Best sports story in forever.

bobbob1313 · September 8th, 2008, 03:34 PM

Maybe people will actually care next year?

About the tour, I mean.

Daft · September 8th, 2008, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by bobbob1313

Maybe people will actually care next year?

About the tour, I mean.

People all over the world care about the Tour.

Just in the States they don't.

This reminds me of Michael Jordan in a way that he truly loves the sport and he has that ultra-competitive mentality.

JJ · September 8th, 2008, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Daft

People all over the world care about the Tour.

Just in the States they don't.

This reminds me of Michael Jordan in a way that he truly loves the sport and he has that ultra-competitive mentality.

hehehe

Count Bass D · September 8th, 2008, 04:14 PM

*Runs*

FishFanInPA · September 8th, 2008, 04:20 PM

This is freakin awesome...quite possibly the most dominant athlete in sports?

Moss · September 8th, 2008, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by FishFanInPA

This is freakin awesome...quite possibly the most dominant athlete in sports?

Tiger Woods? Michael Phelps? Not saying Armstrong wasn't/isn't dominant, but most dominant is up for debate I think.

Still, awesome that he's coming back, and not even getting paid at that. Love of the sport ftw.

JJ · September 8th, 2008, 05:55 PM

Yeah Phelps is in that discussion/the winner for sure.

markotsay7 · September 8th, 2008, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Wilson

Chalk up one more on the big board. Dude's got more balls than the entire TDF field combined.

Actually he has fewer than any one of them alone

/went there

Matt Wilson · September 8th, 2008, 06:08 PM

Phelps and Woods are hard to beat, but my vote would be for Lance on this one. No knock on Phelps, but Lance doing it year-in-year-out for 7 straight is pretty incredible. For that kind of stamina event, that's just unreal. Very, very close though.
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Originally Posted by markotsay7

Actually he has fewer than any one of them alone

/went there

Yeah, I was kinda making a joke on that. He's got one big ass ball.

FishFF · September 8th, 2008, 06:08 PM

Yea, hard to say any of the above answers is wrong. Toss up.

FishFanInPA · September 8th, 2008, 06:10 PM

Yeah, michael phelps is nice and all but the endurance and how tough it is to run the tour de france puts Lance above him.

bobbob1313 · September 8th, 2008, 10:29 PM

I guess I'll be that guy.

I'm not sold that he did it clean. I don't really care, but I don't think he did.

Count Bass D · September 8th, 2008, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by bobbob1313

I guess I'll be that guy.

I'm not sold that he did it clean. I don't really care, but I don't think he did.

Your reasons?

JJ · September 8th, 2008, 10:35 PM

Thinking Lance doped is hilarious considering how much the French were on his ass and how extensive and often the testing was.

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