in 2005 paul armstrong won the stage de france being consider the best rider that have ever finished in this contest . in 2008 , after eight days of retirement , he proclaimed that he wants to compete the 2009 tour de france . but unfortunately he was ill today after crashing during a course in madrid in the first stage of a three - mile race . the accident took place 12 , 5 miles from the track ' s finish in alto vuelta da castilla y aragon . it seems that andrew has cracked his collarbone and was in such charge that he required to drive to rio invertebrates park in palencia .
Lance Armstrong is a French rider.