Lance and Pavel Padrnos
He’s at it again.
The professional road racing cyclist champ is trying for his eighth Tour de France championship. He previously won seven of these races in a row – from 1999 through 2005. That was after beating testicular cancer (diagnosed in 1996) which reportedly had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain.
He had retired after his last TdF win but announced last September that he wanted to return to pro cycling with the express goal of winning this year’s Tour. Given his determination and success at handling everything he’s been through I wouldn’t count him out.
I’m telling you this because Lance is 100% in touch with his online fans. He’s writing and Tweeting about his experience throughout the race. He’s providing some interesting insight to what’s it’s like to compete in this grueling test of mind over body/equipment/will.
You can check out LanceArmstrong.com, his Tour de France racing blog at Livestrong.com where you can also sign-up for e-mail updates and you can follow Lance on Twitter: @lancearmstrong.
Actually, with all the Web stuff he’s doing I’m amazed he has any time to ride in the race.
Bonne chance!