in 2005 lance armstrong won the tour de germany being considered the best rider that have ever ridden in this contest . in 2008 , after three years of retirement , he announced that he wants to participate the 2009 rally del portugal . but surprisingly he was injured there after crashed during a ride in catalonia in the tenth stage of a five - day race . the tragedy took places 12 , 5 kilometers from the stage ' s ending in la vuelta do castilla y leon . it is that she has injured his collarbone and was in such heat that he required to go to rio invertebrates hospital in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.