Armstrong plans 2009 Tour de France return
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Lance Armstrong, the seven-times Tour de France winner, yesterday said that he intends to make a second comeback to professional cycling and that he hopes to win an eighth Tour de France next year at the age of 37.
If he were to manage the feat - and currently he has no confirmed team, no confirmed entry to the race and nothing more concrete than an interview in the magazine Vanity Fair - he would be the oldest cyclist to win the sport's major event. His spokesman confirmed that the Tour is "the intention", although the organisers were not available for any comment.
"I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden," said the Texan, who survived testicular cancer to return to the sport and win the Tour seven times in a row amid what seemed like continual controversy. He added: "I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France."
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