Armstrong runs the Tour again for an charitable affiliation

Armstrong runs the Tour again for an charitable affiliation (Fundraising Activities)

With the restriction of cycling and deprived of his seven yellow pullovers as a victor of the Doping Tour, Lance

Armstrong comes back to the French streets, 24 hours before the cyclists of the Grande Boucle, with the point of acquiring
charitable
benefits for an charitable affiliation.

The presence of the man who commanded the race before tumbling to hellfire in 2012 is booked for

Thursday, among Muret and Rodez, and Friday,

Armstrong will jump on the bicycle again and pedal for the activity 'Le Tour, One Day Ahead' (The Tour, a day prior),

for the affiliation 'Fix Leukemia', whose object is to battle against leukemia.

The dad of the venture is Geoff Thomas, 50 years of age and previous English global footballer (9 games), who

figured out how to beat the illness.

Thomas, alongside ten other English beginner cyclists, finishes a total

Visit de France following a similar course as the experts, however one day prior.

Because of this venture Armstrong, who recognized having efficiently doped during his vocation in a TV

program in 2013, will come back to the streets that drove him to magnificence.

The goal toward the start of the activity was "to accomplish one million pounds (1.4 million euros)", as indicated by

the association.

Be that as it may, desires were surpassed on Tuesday, when the affiliation arrived at 840,000 euros without having come to the

equator of the race, as indicated by an individual from it to the AFP.

'Absence OF RESPECT', ACCORDING TO THE UCI

On the off chance that Thomas clearly has the nearness of Armstrong to offer reputation to his crusade, the leader of the

Universal Cycling Union (UCI) Brian Cookson doesn't concur with the appearance of the American.

"It is disrespectful for the Tour, for different cyclists, for the UCI and every one of the individuals battling doping," he said

in March.

"There are numerous individuals who need to do the Tour a day prior to, the street is open on the eve of the Tour," the test

chief Christian Prudhomme played down, in articulations to the paper Le Figaro.

Gotten some information about the finish of the eleventh phase of the Tour, the race head, the British Chris Froome just stated: "He won't

be at the beginning line. We won't see him, so it has nothing to do with us ( the sprinters)".

FROOME SUPPORT (Charitable Cycling)

Not long after, notwithstanding, Froome wished Armstrong karma "to gather however much cash as could reasonably be expected in the battle against

leukemia." "My mom passed on of this illness," he advocated.

Armstrong, presently 43, tended to the issue in a meeting offered from his home in Aspen, Colorado, to a few

writers, including one from the AFP, on June 11.

"Potentially I wasn't right and I am regularly off-base in my life, however I have just gone to France subsequent to everything that

occurred. Individuals imagine that I have an awful association with the nation yet I like to go. As in all places, some are

pleasant and others are not, "he said.

Thomas embraced his help for Armstrong in an announcement from the 'Fix Leukemia' affiliation.

"I comprehend that a few people feel awful about tolerating their help, however my estimation is basic: If their

association causes us spare an advantageous life, it must be great," he composed.

To get ready for his arrival to the Tour, two years after his planetary admission, Armstrong alluded on the social

system Twitter to the Tuesday presentation of Chris Froome and the Sky group, dominators of the race.