http://community.active.com/community/sports/blog Tour de France Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:58:48 GMT Jive SBS 3.0.8 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-09-23T16:58:48Z http://community.active.com/community/sports/blog/2008/09/23/does-lance-want-to-buy-the-tour <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:54f33f5b-2a06-4591-b4c8-b40498b7375c] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>The <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em> reported on Sunday that Lance Armstrong is rumored to be <!--[CodeBlockStart:c18e05eb-3d62-4bc9-ab75-de8830422f9d]--><span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/once-he-dominated--now-lance-could-own-the-tour/2008/09/19/1221331205913.html">interested in a possible buyout of ASO</a></span><!--[CodeBlockEnd:c18e05eb-3d62-4bc9-ab75-de8830422f9d]-->, the company that owns the Tour de France.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>The author, Rupert Guinness, writes:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>+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.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>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.+</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>While this is purely rumor right now, so was "Lance Armstrong is coming back" before it actually happened. Who knows?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>P.S. Credit to EveryMan Triathlete Roman Mica for <!--[CodeBlockStart:36d64733-b824-4d31-88b8-8c8a69e4aeab]--><span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2008/09/a-tale-of-two-stories.html">posting this on his blog yesterday</a></span><!--[CodeBlockEnd:36d64733-b824-4d31-88b8-8c8a69e4aeab]-->.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:54f33f5b-2a06-4591-b4c8-b40498b7375c] --> tour-de-france lance-armstrong aso Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:20:11 GMT Jesse@Active http://community.active.com/community/sports/blog/2008/09/23/does-lance-want-to-buy-the-tour 2008-09-23T17:20:11Z 1 year, 2 months ago 2 0 http://community.active.com/community/sports/blog/comment/does-lance-want-to-buy-the-tour http://community.active.com/community/sports/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10267