RCS Sport, organizers of the Milan-San Remo race, has confirmed that Lance Armstrong will be part of Team Radioshack’s list of participants for this Saturday’s event. The team will be joining the 200-rider peloton for the Italian Classic.

It is sort of a comeback for Armstrong. Giro d’Italia is another RCS Sport that he joined in 2009 to prepare himself for the Tour de France.

RCS Sport Director Angelo Zomegnan and Armstrong had an encounter on the ninth stage in 2009’s Giro. There was a peloton protest for that stage, claiming it was a dangerous circuit. Some riders claimed that Armstrong was behind the boycott and Zomegnan did not hide his displeasure over the “older riders” protesting with Armstrong.

Armstrong will not be joining the Giro d’Italia this year for he will be competing in the Tour of California. The latter will take effect on same month as with the Italian Grand Tour due to a date change from February to May.

The first European race Armstrong joined this season was Spain’s Tour of Murcia. The Milan-San Remo race will be his second. He finished seventh overall on the Tour of Murcia.

The rest of Team Radioshack for the Milan-San Remo race are Daryl Impey, Markel Irizar Aranburu, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Grégory Rast and Sébastien Rosseler.

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Here it comes! Lance Armstrong has just issued a challenge to Ironman champion Chris Lieto for a one-on-one time trial race on the Queen Kamehameha highway in Hawaii.


And do you know how Lance Armstrong sent out his challenge? Via Twitter. It just happens that both Armstrong and Lieto are in Hawaii for training, and both athletes met each other on the highway earlier today.


Twitter fans then read a tweet from the multiple Tour de France winner after they crossed paths, saying that Armstrong has just issued a challenge to Lieto for the one-on-one race.


Here is what went down on Twitter:


Armstrong: “Just passed @chrislieto going the other way. He was hammerin. Hey Chris, a little TT showdown on the Queen K tomorrow?”


Lieto: “see u on the Queen-K! Will have to be after 8am cause I have to swim first. Flying out mid day. Give me a call.”


Armstrong: “Queen K Hwy TT Challenge. Tomorrow 9:30am. Start – Waikeloa Beach Dr to Kukio Nui Dr. 14 miles. Full gas. Take it easy on me”


Fans may know that Lance Armstrong has previously expressed his desire to compete in a triathlon event after retiring (for the second time) from professional cycling, so if this friendly race between him and Lieto happens, it could be a preview of what may transpire during the official triathlon event.[...]

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Did you enjoy the Super Bowl? For many of us the most entertaining part is the commercials, and launched during the “time outs”, Lance Armstrong’s commercial with Michelob Ultra premiered. The Lance Armstrong Michelob Ultra Super Bowl Commercial shows Armstrong living a normal life, exercising, eating a healthy breakfast, plus riding, but at night enjoying a beer which is promoting low calories and carbs. Enjoy the video.

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We recently showed you the Lance Armstrong Trek Speed Concept TT Team RadioShack bike, and now Mellow Johnny’s takes us a little deeper with this video. Provided by Trek’s Ben Coates, this is the first of many builds to come. By what Ben said in the video, the Trek Speed Concept TT Team Radio Shack is the bike Lance will be on this year. Enjoy the video.

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Recently posted from Lance Armstrong via Twitter is the Trek Speed Concept Time Trial Bike Team RadioShack edition made exclusively for Lance Armstrong. At this point, we do not know if the TT bike will be made for other team members, but this sure looks beefy. Most noticeable is the team Radio Shack decals and color job, which is similar to the previous Radio Shack road bikes we posted, plus the short seat. Hopefully we receive more images soon, and maybe another “making of” video.

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Lance Armstrong is setting his sights on another Tour de France championship, as foolish as it may sound to him and to others.

The famous American rider has earned a worldwide reputation for never saying never, and he has proven time and time again that his “don’t quit” attitude can translate into solid, tangible victories both on and off the saddle.

However, Lance was the first to admit in an interview that his thoughts of winning yet another Tour de France championship may be foolish. Nevertheless, he says that he is going to try and find out for himself.

The 7-time winner of the Tour de France concedes that this year’s Tour may be the toughest yet, and that the competition is better than ever.

While critics may think that Armstrong is just being headstrong, his competitors are saying that brushing off the American’s chances of winning the French tour would be ill-advised.

Dave Brailsford of Team Sky says that as long as somebody says Lance Armstrong can’t, then his chances actually increase.

Johan Bruyneel, Team RadioShack’s director, says that Lance Armstrong is looking fitter and riding faster at this time when compared to last year, so there is indeed a good possibility to his future on becoming a Tour de France champion again.[...]

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Lance Armstrong and Robbie McEwen held a impromptu ride on Saturday in Australia that brought 5,000 cyclists due to Lance Armstrong’s announcement of the ride on the micro blogging platform Twitter. Lance Armstrong has organized many events in the past, but he was shocked to see the turn out.

“I personally don’t think that anyone will top the turnout we had today. That was a huge amount of people,” Armstrong said. “The field stretched for kilometers and kilometers … when we turned back there were just streams of people.” Said Lance Armstrong.

Cyclists came together at Wigley Reserve right outside of Adelaide where Tour Down Under will start next week, and from their followed Lance Armstrong and Robbie McEwen to Semaphore Park and back, about a 19 mile ride. A few crashes did take place, but injuries to those were not serious.

“It was chaos, but controlled chaos. It’s certainly the biggest one that I’ve been a part of,” said Armstrong. “It was cool. Everybody had a good time and more or less stayed safe.”

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