Charity ride

Lance Armstrong rides and answers to journalists as he joins former England footballer Geoff Thomas and his team of 10 amateur riders for two stages of the “Le Tour-One Day Ahead” in Le Muret, southeastern France, Thursday. While the Tour de France is going on, Armstrong, who was stripped of seven consecutive Tour titles, takes part in the “Le Tour-One Day Ahead” on Thursday and Friday with the goal of raising money to fight leukemia, taking the same route that Tour riders will cover a day later. / AP-Yonhap