Lance Armstrong will be
part of the 200-rider peloton competing in Saturday’s Milan-San Remo,
race organizer RCS Sport announced today. The 38-year-old Texan
confirmed to RCS Sport director Angelo Zomegnan Sunday evening that he
would be part of Team RadioShack’s roster for the 101st edition of the
Italian classic.
Armstrong will be making his ninth Milan-San Remo
appearance, with his best result being an 11th place finish in 1996
before being diagnosed with cancer and subsequent comeback as a stage
racer. This year, however, the seven-time Tour winner will skip the Giro
d’Italia in favour of the Tour of California which for the first time
runs concurrently with the Italian Grand Tour after a date change from
February to May. Milan-San Remo will be Armstrong’s second European
race of the season having already made his continental debut earlier
this month in Spain’s Tour of Murcia where he finished seventh overall.
Armstrong recently spent a week in South Africa with teammate Daryl
Impey culminating with the pair competing in the Cape Argus ride on
March 14.
