Armstrong coming out of retirement for 2009 tour
By The Associated Press
This article was published September 9, 2008 at 3:26 p.m.
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France.
Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented level in America.
The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there."
Added Bill Stapleton, Armstrong's lawyer and longtime confidant: "We're not going to try to win second place."
