Lance Armstrong is among several riders who will have a homecoming of sorts during the sixth stage of the Tour de France, which heads south of the border Thursday from Gerona to Barcelona in Spain.
Many cyclists use Gerona as a base for training, near the Pyrenees Mountains. Armstrong lived there for five years, and said Wednesday it was a “second home.â€
Among other Astana riders, American Levi Leipheimer splits his time between Gerona and Santa Rosa, Calif., and Alberto Contador gets to return to Spain— though he’s a native of Madrid.
“Always it is agreeable to return to your country and to (see) your relatives, because there will be many people coming to see me,†Contador said in a statement Wednesday… Details