Armstrong back in the saddle Down Under

Thursday, 25 Sep, 2008 0

ASTANA – Lance Armstrong will join Kazakhstan’s Astana team when he makes his return to cycling, according to a Kazakh cycling federation official.

Armstrong, who turned 37 last week, retired in July 2005.

The seven-time Tour de France winner will begin his comeback at the Tour Down Under in Australia in January.

Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur said that Armstrong has confirmed his entry for the six-day tour around South Australia, starting on January 20.

The Kazakh-financed Astana team, now based in Switzerland, suffered two high-profile doping scandals in 2007 and was barred from this year’s Tour de France despite a substantial overhaul in team management.

It is now run by Armstrong’s friend and former sporting director Johan Bruyneel, who helped the American win all his seven Tours.



 

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