MILAN (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong is expected to miss next May's Giro d'Italia after announcing he will race in the Tour of California. "I've decided to ride the Tour of California in 2010," the American told Twitter (http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong). The Tour of California starts on May 16 while the Giro, the world's second-biggest stage race, begins on May 8 in Amsterdam. The full route for next year's Giro will be announced on Saturday. Armstrong raced this year's Giro for the first... Read Full Story
Levi Leipheimer inked a two-year deal with Lance Armstrong's new RadioShack team, the US cyclist confirmed. "There were other possibilities, but I've signed with the best team in the world, an American team that's going to sign more American riders," Leipheimer said. Seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong announced the new team during the Tour de France. He finished third overall in the Tour while racing for Astana, his first participation in the race since securing his seventh yellow... Read Full Story
US cycling star Lance Armstrong stole the show as he was mobbed by hundreds of fans during the Tour of Ireland here on Friday. The seven-time Tour de France champion was competing in the race for the first time in 17 years and fans flocked to the opening stage at the foot of the Wicklow mountains, swamping the Texan for autographs and briefly holding up the start. Armstrong has not raced on the road since finishing third in the Tour de France behind team mate and rival Alberto Contador. And... Read Full Story
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Lance Armstrong's new cycling squad, Team RadioShack, will make its debut at the 2010 Tour Down Under around Adelaide from January 17-24, race organisers said here on Thursday. Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion who returned from retirement this year for Astana in a supporting role at the famed race, will be the star rider of the new Team RadioShack that will debut in Australia. The Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, on Thursday confirmed that Armstrong, who turns 38 next... Read Full Story
Lance Armstrong admitted on Sunday he did not celebrate teammate Alberto Contador's Tour de France triumph, preferring instead to go for drinks with the backers of his future outfit, Team Radioshack. The 37-year-old finished third overall after Sunday's 21st and final stage at 5:24 behind Contador who built an unassailable lead after Saturday's climb up to Mont Ventoux and rode to Paris in the yellow jersey. But rather than dine with his Astana team-mates on Saturday night to celebrate... Read Full Story
Lance Armstrong confirmed he will compete for at least one more year Thursday when his future team announced their imminent partnership with the seven-time Tour de France champion. RadioShack Corporation said they were "proud to announce a partnership with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to form a new American Pro-Tour cycling team". It effectively confirms rumours about the imminent departure of Armstrong from his current team, Astana. However, in what appears to be a new... Read Full Story
Spain's two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has pulled out of the upcoming world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland because he does not feel he can do justice to his place in the team. Contador was crowned the yellow jersey champion in Paris on July 26 after beating a host of big rivals during the three-week cycling epic, including Luxembourg's runner-up Andy Schleck and American seven-time champion Lance Armstrong. But Contador, who pulled out of the Tour of Spain last... Read Full Story
Lance Armstrong and Anna Hansen ’s five month old son, Max , 5 months, tweeted the following picture of him having a bath in the sink with the message.
Sup, y’all? Uh, I need a bigger bathtub!
I haven’t been able to bathe one of my children in the sink for such a long time! That is such a sweet picture.
Photo Source: TwitPic
Lance Armstrong Welcomes A Boy
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Ricky Martin Shares His Baby’s First Bath
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Spanish media predicted Monday that Alberto Contador's seizure of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France over the weekend hailed the end for Astana teammate Lance Armstrong, a seven-time winner of the cycling race. "Contador marks the end of Armstrong," reported top-selling daily newspaper El Pais which published a photo of the smiling 26-year-old Spanish rider as he doned the yellow jersey which he had not won since his Tour win in 2007. The newspaper stressed that he finished 43 seconds... Read Full Story
