Lance Armstrong will return to racing this week, taking on the Vuelta
Ciclista a la Regiona de Murcia. The race through southeastern Spain
runs Wednesday, March 3 through Sunday, March 7. Armstrong, now riding
for Team RadioShack, has not raced since the Tour Down Under in January.
Since then he has been training in the United States and France. He last
rode the Murcia race in 2004, finishing 23rd overall.
RadioShack and Astana announced the line-ups, as follows:
RadioShack for Vuelta a Murcia: Lance Armstrong, Daryl Impey,
Andreas Kl?den, Jason McCartney, Gregory Rast, Jose Luis Rubiera and
Haimar Zubeldia
Team Astana for Vuelta a Murcia: Alexandr Dyachenko, Valentin
Iglinsky, Josep Jufre, Roman Kireyev, Bolat Raimbekov, Paolo Tiralongo
and Andrey Zeits.
Lance, seven-time Tour de France winner, leads a strong team in
Spain, including two-time Tour de France runner-up Andreas Kl?den. We
are looking forward to the race!
