Updated On: 29 April, 2009 01:17 PM IST | | AFP
A loophole in the rules has cleared the way for American Lance Armstrong to use New Mexico's Tour de Gila as a prep race to next month's Giro d'Italia after all, his Astana team confirmed yesterday.
A loophole in the rules has cleared the way for American Lance Armstrong to use New Mexico's Tour de Gila as a prep race to next month's Giro d'Italia after all, his Astana team confirmed yesterday.
Armstrong's participation in the five-day race which starts later today had been in severe doubt because normally Pro Tour teams like Astana are not allowed to compete in national-level events, such as the Tour de Gila.