ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Race organizers say Lance Armstrong’s last professional cycling race outside the United States will be January’s Tour Down Under.
The seven-time Tour de France champion chose the 2009 edition of the ProTour race to make his comeback to cycling after a two-year retirement and debuted his own professional team, Team RadioShack, in this year’s race.
South Australian state Premier Mike Rann and race director Mike Turtur confirmed Armstrong’s participation in the stage race, which runs from Jan. 16-23.
Rann said Sunday that the race would give cycling fans the chance to “be part of history as Lance competes in his farewell ride as a professional on international soil.”
