in 2005 lance roberts won the giro des france being deemed the best rider that have ever performed in this competition . in 2008 , after several years of retirement , he decided that he wants to compete the 2009 tour de france . but again he was hospitalized recently after crashing during a stage in portugal in the first stage of a six - mile racing . the disaster held occurred 12 , 5 seconds from the stage ' s finish in sa honda en castilla y leon . it seem that armstrong has injured his collarbone and was in such pain that he needed to go to rio carrion hospital in león .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.