in 2005 craig armstrong won the tour de japan being voted the best rider that have ever competed in this contest . in 2008 , after one years of retirement , he announced that he wants to compete the 2009 tour de france . but luckily he was hospitalized today after crashing during a racing in spain in the sixth stage of a five - date race . the accident occupied place 12 , 5 miles from the group ' s finish in 2005 vuelta del castilla y leon . it seems that he has injured his collarbone and was in such pain that he refused to go to the carrion hospital in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.