Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made his return to professional cycling official today at a press conference in New York City. Armstrong said he hopes to win an unprecedented eighth Tour. Armstrong, who was introduced by former President Bill Clinton and praised by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced he would rejoin his former director sportif Johan Bruyneel at the Kazakhstan-supported Astana team in 2009.
The complete story is here on Velonews.
Also this morning, the New York Times published a well-written article on racing the Tour of Missouri by Columbia rider Michael Barry.
Barry previously wrote the book Inside the Postal Bus, his account of being a domestique on Armstrong’s former Postal Service team.
