in 2005 lance armstrong won the route de england being probably the best rider that have ever performed in this award . in 2008 , after one centuries of retirement , he announced that he wants to compete the 2009 challenge de france . but unfortunately he was stopped today after crashing during a race in spain in the first category of a nine - kilometer race . the explosion claimed place 12 , 5 miles from the stage ' s finish in the pena in castilla y campos . it seems that andrew has hurt his shoulder and was in such pain that he asked to go to rio maggots surgery in terrazas .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.