in 2005 lance then won the volta de nice being considered the biggest rider that have ever competed in this contest . in 2008 , after three terms of rehabilitation , he stated that he planned to compete the 2009 tour de mexico . but unfortunately he was arrested , after crashing during a event in europe in the first stage of a ten - day race . the accident take place 12 , 5 miles from the stage ' s finish in la honda del castilla y leon . it seem that someone has injured his forearm and was in such pain that he needed to go to bo carrion hospital in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.