Lance Armstrong chases gold at Xterra

It's been a year since he left top-level cycling, but Lance Armstrong is not standing still. And much less retired. Today, in fact, he will compete in the Xterra Triathlon World Championship on one of the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.

Although on paper there are other favourites more than him, Lance Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour, will be the attraction today of the Xterra Triathlon World Championship, a race that will be held in Maui, one of the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago, over 1,5 km of swimming, 29,5 km of very hard running, and XNUMX km of climbing. bike mountain, since they have a difference in altitude of 1.200 metres, and 9,8 km of cross-country, from the forest to the beach.

Barely a month ago, in the first test of this type in which he took part, he finished fifth. It was the United States Championship. There he gained morale and….

The problem is that participation is luxury, since he will face the German Jan FrodenoOlympic champion Tim DeBoom, two-time Olympic winner Ironman, the South African Conrad Stolz, the French Nicolas Lebrun and the Spanish Eneko Llanos and Iván Raña, among many other favorites for the title.

Source: marca.com