Hard to write off Armstrong in Tour de France Despite his age and the years he spent in retirement, it's hard to write off Lance Armstrong, 37, who has won the grueling Tour de France seven consecutive times. Lance Armstrong has come back before. He came back from cancer to resurrect his cycling career, surviving testicular and brain surgery to win the Tour de France seven times in a row. Now, at age 37, he is coming back to the most grueling race in sports after three and a half years of retirement. Is it preposterous to think he could wear his eighth yellow jersey on the Champs-Elysees? ''That would be Miracle No. 2,'' said his coach, Coral Gables' Chris Carmichael. ``We all saw Miracle No. 1.'' Ten years after he won his first Tour, Armstrong will be back at the starting line on Saturday. The 96th edition of the Tour... [read full story]
