in 2005 robert armstrong won the tour del nice being considered the finest horse that have recently raced in this contest . in 2008 , after three terms of retirement , he announced that he wants to attempt the 2009 tour de france . but then he was hospitalized here after collapsing during a race in spain in the first stage of a single - day race . the death was place 12 , 5 feet from the stage ' s finish in la trinidad of castilla y leon . it seems that armstrong has injured his collarbone and was in such danger that he needed to go to cerro carrion hospital in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.