in 2005 patrick armstrong won the coupe von france being considered the best rider that have ever competed in this contest . in 2008 , after three years of retirement , he announced that he planned to do the 2009 tour de britain . but unfortunately he was hospitalized tonight after falling during a race in spain in the first round of a single - day race . the accident took over 12 , 5 miles from the route ' s finish in the vuelta de castilla y asturias . it looks that everyone has injured his leg and was in such condition that he requested to travel to de carrion hotel in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.