So today, I wanted to write a little about a living legend, Lance Armstrong. If your reading this, on this site, you already know who Lance Armstrong is, but if you just happened on the site, here are the basics:
1.) He is arguably the best cyclist in history.
2.) He won the Tour de France a record 7 times, all of which came after his victory over testicular cancer.
Now, Lance has joined Team Astana. The effort will be to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LiveSTRONG) and raise cancer awareness.
Armstrong and Team Astana just finished riding in their first race as a team in the Australian "Tour Down Under". As a team the finished the 6 stage race ranked number 7 of 19, finishing 00.02.36 back of Francaise des Jeux.
Armstrong finished 29th overall in his first professional race in nearly three years. He finished behind the Tour winner, Allan Davis, 00.00.49.
So, it will be an exciting year in cycling! I can hardly wait for summer to watch Lance and Team Astana show the world that he is still the best.
To keep up with Lance and Team Astana, here is a link to Lance's main website:
http://www.lancearmstrong.com/
I also wanted to share the link to the Ride for LiveSTRONG site. Here you can find out how to become involved with Lance's foundation and help raise cancer awareness:
http://www.rideforlivestrong.com/
ON A SIDE NOTE:
George Hincapie, another US cycling great, also competed in the Tour Down Under with Team Columbia - High Road. Over all Hincapie finished 00.00.44 behind Allan Davis (ranking 13 overall), and Team Columbia - High Road finished 5th overall back of the winner 00.00.35.
