Lance Armstrong no longer riding for Kazakhstan
Lance Armstrong has announced he’ll be launching a new U.S. cycling team once the Tour de France concludes on July 26. Which means he won’t be riding for Kazakhstan again. Dubbed “Team RadioShack,” the new group is sponsored by the electronics giant and expects to compete in the 2010 Tour de France. It’s probably fitting ...
Lance Armstrong has announced he'll be launching a new U.S. cycling team once the Tour de France concludes on July 26. Which means he won't be riding for Kazakhstan again.
Lance Armstrong has announced he’ll be launching a new U.S. cycling team once the Tour de France concludes on July 26. Which means he won’t be riding for Kazakhstan again.
Dubbed “Team RadioShack,” the new group is sponsored by the electronics giant and expects to compete in the 2010 Tour de France. It’s probably fitting that Armstrong is looking ahead. His position in the current Tour might be enviable by any other standard, but the 37-year-old admits he’ll be lucky to take second-place in Paris:
‘Yes, it’s still my goal, I think it’s possible,” Armstrong said. “I just need to work hard on the time-trial tomorrow. … We still have two big days.’ “
The announcement came after Armstrong’s Astana teammate Alberto Contador broke away from the pack Wednesday, in the last alpine stage of the race. And while Contador has upped his chances of winning the Tour (he leads the next closest challenger by more than two minutes), he’s all but left the rest of his team in the dust. So much for cameraderie.
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