in 2005 lance again won the rally de france being considered the best rider that have once competed in this year . in 2008 , after three hours of retirement , he announced that he wants to compete the 2009 tour de france . but unfortunately he was hospitalized later after crashing during a race in spain in the penultimate stage of a five - day race . the accident occupied part 12 , 5 miles from the stage ' s bottom in the vuelta y castilla y leon . it seems that they has bruised his collarbone and was in such pain that he refused to go to rio adolfo hospital in soria .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.