Lance Armstrong Should Be Ready for Tour de France Despite Injury

World-renowned American cyclist Lance Armstrong broke his collarbone yesterday during a pileup that occurred in the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race. However, UCI ProTeam Team Astana manager Johan Buryneel has announced that the injury should not affect Armstrong's availability for the upcoming Tour de France, which is scheduled to take place in four months.

Armstrong is flying back to the United States from Madrid today in order to visit with medical experts who will determine whether or not he will need surgery to repair the broken collarbone. The world-famous cyclist has been preparing to return to Tour de France competition for the first time since 2005.

Buryneel does not believe that Armstrong's collarbone injury will affect his status for the upcoming Giro d'Italia event either. The Team Astana manager expressed his confidence that Armstrong will be ready for these two events, earlier this morning, despite the fact that Armstrong's arm is currently in a sling.

As a survivor of testicular cancer, Armstrong has been an inspirational figure for cancer victims, due to his ability to achieve monumental levels of success after an initially pessimistic prognosis. Armstrong went on to win the Tour de France seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005, before temporarily retiring from cycling.