Armstrong in return.LANCE Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. returned to the Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland (known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) is a stage race held in August. The first race debuted in 1953 and ran until 1957. It was revived in 1965 and ran until 1985. In 1985 the 5 day Nissan International Classic took over as the Tour of Ireland. for the first time in 17 years, and was mobbed by fans yesterday. Hundreds flocked to the race's opening stage at the foot of the Wicklow mountains, swamping the Texan for autographs and briefly holding up the start. The seven-time Tour de France winner is competing for the last time with the Astana team and ends his season when the three-day 576km race finishes in Cork. He ended the first day in 23rd place after finishing 16 seconds behind stage winner Russell Downing, from Rotherham. |
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