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Lance Armstrong is leaving California and headed to Europe.
Two weeks after a seventh-place finish in the eight-stage Tour of California, Armstrong joined with several hundred riders for a promotional event Saturday night.
The seven-time Tour de France champion, who announced in September he was returning to competitive cycling after a three-year absence, is set begin the next portion of his comeback cycling in Europe.
Armstrong will ride in Italy’s Malin-San Remo race on March 21 and three days later he will participate in the five-stage Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in Spain for the first time in his career…. Details
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Alberto Contador may be the man to beat when the European cycling season gets under way Sunday with the Paris-Nice race.
With his new teammate Lance Armstrong sitting out, the 26-year-old Spaniard, one of only five men to win the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Spanish Vuelta, returns to the weeklong event after his Astana team was barred last year in the wake of doping scandals.
“It’s a race I’ve always loved, and has already been lucky for me,†Contador said in Saturday’s edition of the French sports daily L’Equipe. “I was frustrated not to be at the start last year and returning with an ambition means a lot to me.  Details
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