Road Cycling Tips

Lance Armstrong has made yet another announcement at Interbike. He will be racing in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California in February.

Armstrong will be racing first in the 2009 Tour Down Under, as announced yesterday. And he would continue training till the Tour of California arrives.

Armstrong also explained at the announcement his decision to join Astana.

“It was a natural fit to go to Astana because Johan [Bruyneel] was there, Trek was there,” he said. “The main infrastructure of the team that I had before was there. So it was mainly out of loyalty to those two.”

SRAM’s global communications manager David Zimberoff is one of those excited about this decision, as Astana is SRAM-sponsored.

“We couldn’t be happier,” Zimberoff said. “It’s a big change for Lance. He was on Shimano for over a decade. A few months ago, when he was thinking about his comeback, he tested it out and was pleasantly surprised.”