Lance is Back

Cycling fans everywhere were in for a shock this week as the buzz surrounding cycling champion and cancer survivor and research advocate Lance Armstrong confirmed that he will be returning to professional cycling. The seven-time Tour de France winner has kept himself busy since retiring in 2005.

After three years working tirelessly to promote cancer research and advocacy through his LIVESTRONG foundation, traveling and speaking around the world, penning an autobiography, and spending time with his children and a string of celebrity women, Armstrong will join the Astana cycling team when he makes his comeback.Armstrong says that after his extensive work on cancer prevention, research, and outreach in the United States, he wants to use his return to the world of competitive cycling to promote his cause on the international stage.

Although he hasn’t commented publicly, sports writers are also mentioning that a return from a three-year hiatus may also be designed to prove to critics and cynics once and for all that Armstrong never used performance-enhancing drugs. He’ll be 37 by the time the next Tour de France rolls around. Although no one knows what will happen over the course of the next year, one thing’s for certain: we’ll all be tuning in to watch that race.

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