Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 3:54 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 3:54 PM CDT
PARIS, France (AP) - Lance Armstrong says he's capable of winning an eighth Tour de
France but is ready, if necessary, to put his ambitions on hold for
teammate and rival Alberto Contador.
Contador and Armstrong will ride for the Astana team at the
three-week race that starts Saturday. In an interview with The
Associated Press today, Armstrong says
he's willing to work as a support rider for Contador if the
Spaniard proves likelier to win. Armstrong says he would do so out
of respect for Contador, Astana and cycling tradition and that "I
would do it with pleasure." In the telephone interview, Armstrong
says he isn't sure he can win he Tour again at age 37 but that
people would be wrong to underestimate him.