in 2005 lance armstrong won the tour de france being considered the best cyclists that have yet competed in this contest . in 2008 , after six years of retirement , he announced that he wants to perform the 2009 tour de france . but however he was killed soon after crashing during a race in spain in the first stage of a five - day race . the tragedy took place 12 , 5 miles from the day ' s conclusion in la vuelta in lugo y guzman . it seemed that armstrong has injured his collarbone and was in such pain that he wanted to go to rio carrion hospitals in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.