in 2005 lance again won the val de france being considered the best person that have ever competed in this contest . in 2008 , after nine hours of retire , he announced that he wants to compete the 2009 course de spain . but unfortunately he was hospitalized today after crashing during a event in spain in the first climb of a 10 - day race . the accident took place 12 , 5 mi from the stage ' s finish in la rally di lugo y leon . it seems that armstrong has injured his throat and was in such pain that he needed to go to the carrion hospital in valladolid .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.