http://www.tdf-tours.com/"Is Lance Armstrong showing his age?", ask Spyns 2010 Tour de France clients. The seven-time Tour de France winner pulled out of Italy's Milan-San Remo classic Saturday due to illness. The Team RadioShack leader is suffering from acute gastroenteritis (ie. stomach flu) and withdrew as a precaution. The 38-year-old will be replaced by team-mate Fumiyuki Beppu in the 298-kilometer (185-mile) race. Lance likely caught a bug during his recent swing through South Africa.
Lance finished a disappointing 125th last year and, before retiring in 2005, raced the event six times without winning. Team director Johan Bruyneel said: "It would have been good to have Lance line up for the start but we prefer not to take any risk. "It would not be very intelligent to let him start in a race of almost 300 kilometres while not being healthy." Looking ahead, Armstrong is set to face his fierce rival and former teammate Alberto Contador next week at the Criterium International in Corsica. Lance Armstrong will also compete in next month's Circuit de la Sarthe in France as part of his preparation for the Tour de France. It will be his fourth appearance in the race, which will take place from April 6-9.
Armstrong will compete in France and California before challenging Contador this July for an unprecedented 8th Tour de France win. Spyns clients will enjoy seeing the final 5 (of 6) Tour de France stages in the Pyrenees, Bordeaux and Paris.
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