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Does Lance Want to Buy the Tour?

Posted by Jesse@Active on Sep 23, 2008 10:20:11 AM

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that Lance Armstrong is rumored to be interested in a possible buyout of ASO, the company that owns the Tour de France.

The author, Rupert Guinness, writes:

+It may not be unveiled next week, but the word is that Armstrong is involved in a possible buyout of Tour organisers Amaury Sport Organisation from its parent company the Amaury Group.

Furthermore, Armstrong may saddle up in the deal with Hein Verbruggen - the former president and now vice-president of cycling's world body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. Some say it may be an Armstrong-UCI deal.+

While this is purely rumor right now, so was "Lance Armstrong is coming back" before it actually happened. Who knows?

P.S. Credit to EveryMan Triathlete Roman Mica for posting this on his blog yesterday.

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Comments (2)

Sep 24, 2008 10:44 AM

Jesse@Active says:

Well, Vergruggen is putting this bit of gossip to rest. According to an article on Velonews.com , the former UCI president "told AFP: 'I heard about the rumors that said I wanted to be president of the UCI again, or that I would try to buy the Tour de France. All of which, of course, are completely ridiculous.' "

Mar 30, 2009 3:21 PM

Jesse@Active says in response to Jesse@Active:

So this wasn't just a crazy rumor!!

In this article on the Wall Street Journal , Reed Albergotti writes, "According to his agent, Bill Stapleton, Mr. Armstrong has discussed the idea of buying the Tour with investors and remains interested in creating an organization that would run professional cycling and include the Tour. There is no current effort underway to buy the Tour, he said."

Who knows what the future holds?