in 2005 lance armstrong won the tour del france being considered the best cyclist that have ever competed in this category . in 2008 , after three years of withdrawal , he announced that he needed to try the 2009 tour del france . but later he was hospitalized today after crashing during a race in catalonia in the first race of a five - day giro . the accident took place 12 , 5 miles from the stage ' s finish in la molina de castilla y leon . it happened that armstrong has hurt his jaw and was in such condition that he need to talk to monte carrion hospital in burgos .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.