I’m not sure if I want to see Lance Armstrong opt out of the Tour de France as the undisputed king of the race or if he should continue until he can’t win the race any more.
I’ve got to say that it was pretty hard to watch my cycling hero, Miguel Indurain, lose convincingly after winning 5 times in a row. It might be tough watching Lance lose when someone has finally got the ability to beat him.
Reports such as this one are all over the place saying that Lance might not be back for the 2005 Tour de France.
“For once, my race calendar is not decided 100 percent for the start of the year,” Armstrong told the paper. “I prefer it to be flexible and have the freedom to decide when I choose to race. If that means the Tour, then I will decide when I like.”
Armstrong, the only man ever to win six Tours de France, has thought about racing in other events, including Paris-Roubaix, but he has left open the possibility of returning to the Tour in 2006 if he should decide to skip it next year.
I don’t think he’ll be able to stay away but I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
I reckon he’ll be there. He loves the Tour so much that it’d be hard for him not to be there.
Though I love watching him in action, it’d be good for the sport if he wasn’t. Maybe one of the young fella’s could get up and win it.