Lance Armstrong Withdraws from 2010 Leadville 100
7-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race in Colorado, USA, a high-altitude race he won in record time last year. Armstrong spokesman Mark Higgins said Tuesday that the cyclist is still feeling lingering effects of a hip injury suffered in a crash early in the Tour de France. Higgins said Armstrong also wants to spend time …
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Alberto Contador to Help Combat Strokes
Three-time Tour de France Champion Alberto Contador has been selected as an ambassador for the World Stroke Organization, six years after recovering from surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. In a statement issued Tuesday Contador said he will support a campaign to educate people about strokes. The 27-year-old Spanish rider won his third Tour de France title last month and has since joined Team …
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Trek Bicycle cooperates in cycling investigation
MILWAUKEE—A Trek Bicycle Corp. spokesman says the company is cooperating with federal authorities investigating cyclists including seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
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