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Mark Cavendish and Lance Armstrong
The 2009 Tour of Ireland is about to start on Friday August 21 at 7:30 am -Ireland time- near Dublin, with 109 riders.
Two of those 109 racers are Lance Armstrong (Astana), who returns to compete in this beautiful country after 17 years of abscence, and Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia), who is expected to win at least 2 out of the three stages (usually the Tour of Ireland has 5 stages, this year it has been reduced to three due to the financial recession.
The cyclists will have to ride 576 kms in three days, being Sunday August 21 the last one.

“I think his fitness is pretty good,” said Bruyneel. “It must be if he’s able to do 6-1/2 hours at altitude in a mountain bike race. However, I don’t think we’re going to see him on the front of the peloton.”

Lance is planning to stay in Ireland after the race to attend a three-day global cancer summit organized by the LIVESTRONG Foundation.

“Unless we act on a global level, cancer will be the leading cause of death by 2010,” Armstrong said.

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