Armstrong Ends Retirement To Return to Tour De France
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press | September 9, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France.
Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented level in America.
The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman, Mark Higgins, told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there."
Added Armstrong's lawyer and longtime confidant, Bill Stapleton: "We're not going to try to win second place."
