Cycling's great is down...but out?

7-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong has taken a tumble overseas in the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon; a 5-day, 5-stage tour. From the outcome of the crash, he broke his right clavicle, also known as the collarbone.


Once I heard the news, I just wondering how he was going to overcome an injury when he's got the Tour De France not far from now. Without question, the best cyclist of all-time, Armstrong has been through it all.


Whether it's climbing up the Alps, competing with other top bike riders in the world, or it's the media who would speculate whether or not he's taken performance-enhancing drugs. Lance makes sure he's at his best no matter what is thrown at him.


He's actually taken the drug testing regimen to another level, using a hair sample that normally others do not do, in order to attempt to clear his name out of the speculation. This wasn't not too long ago; about a month or so.


Lance Armstrong's a true hero, personally to me and everyone else who idolizes him and everything he stands for. Ever since he's been diagnosed with cancer on October 2, 1998, he and his foundation, LiveSTRONG, as well as other scientists have been working hard in order to rid the case of cancer. I wear a LiveSTRONG band for Lance Armstrong; because of his 7th Tour De France win on July 25, 2005 (haven't taken it off since then) and to show awareness of the disease.


Though I'm thankful that no one in my family has been stricken with the case, my next door neighbor's wife passed on about a month ago and she was on the obituaries a day later. They [next door neighbors] have been really close to my family because whenever they need help with anything, since they're elderly, we do anything we can in order to make sure they're fine and they do the same to us. My family's thoughts and prayers are with the neighbor's family.


Other than that, I'm really hoping everything with the rehabilitation for the injury comes out great so that we can all see him back on top of the Tour De France for a record 8th title.