Lance Armstrong To Return To Professional Racing
September 10th, 2008
Lance Armstrong announced his intentions to return to professional cycling in 2009 to help bring awareness to cancer and to support the LIVESTRONG campaign.
A statement released by Armstrong on Tuesday (September 9) said:
“I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden. This year alone, nearly eight million people will die of cancer worldwide. Millions more will suffer in isolation, victims not only of the disease but of social stigma. After the passage of Proposition 15 in Texas, a $3 billion investment in the fight against cancer which is helping to make this disease part of the national dialogue in America, it’s now time to address cancer on a global level.”
Armstrong, a cancer survivor himself, told Vanity Fair, “I’m going to try to win an eighth Tour de France.”
The 36-year-old will discuss his plans at the international LIVESTRONG strategy on September 24 in New York.
Photo courtesy of Outside Online.