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Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has confirmed he is coming out of retirement.
The 36-year-old won the last of his titles back in 2005 before quitting the sport, but has now confirmed he will go for number eight in the 2009 Tour.
He told Vanity Fair: "I'm going back to professional cycling. I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France."
Armstrong, a survivor of testicular cancer, hopes to raise awareness of the disease through his comeback.
The American was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, having already won two Tour stages in his young career.
Armstrong beat the illness and went on to win seven straight Tours from 1999
through 2005.
Talk of a comeback began when Armstrong asked the United States Anti-Doping Agency to be added to the out-of-competition testing pool.
And he revealed he wants his comeback to be as transparent as possible.
"We're going to be completely transparent and open with the press," he said. "This is for the world to see."
Love Alma xxx
The 36-year-old won the last of his titles back in 2005 before quitting the sport, but has now confirmed he will go for number eight in the 2009 Tour.
He told Vanity Fair: "I'm going back to professional cycling. I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France."
Armstrong, a survivor of testicular cancer, hopes to raise awareness of the disease through his comeback.
The American was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, having already won two Tour stages in his young career.
Armstrong beat the illness and went on to win seven straight Tours from 1999
through 2005.
Talk of a comeback began when Armstrong asked the United States Anti-Doping Agency to be added to the out-of-competition testing pool.
And he revealed he wants his comeback to be as transparent as possible.
"We're going to be completely transparent and open with the press," he said. "This is for the world to see."
Love Alma xxx
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