Lance Armstrong Plays Down Retirement Rumours

Lance Armstrong Plays Down Retirement Rumours

Lance Armstrong has hinted that 2010 will not be his last year as a racing cyclist.

There had been strong suggestions that this would be the legendary American’s final year in the saddle.

But Lance Armstrong, 38, winner of a record seven Tours de France and now riding for Team Radioshack, said: “I suspect I’ll be doing some racing in 2011.

“I don’t know if it will be a full schedule.”

The Texan returned to race riding last year after a threeand-a-half-year retirement and finished third in the Tour behind then team-mate Alberto Contador.

The rivalry between them is set to continue this year and Pat McQuaid, president of UCI – cycling’s governing body – says it’s healthy for the sport.

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