Rejuvenated Armstrong ready for road

LANCE ARMSTRONG vowed last night to swap his designer suit for racing lycra and get on his bike in a global campaign to raise awareness of cancer treatment and prevention.

The seven-time Tour de France winner, who last dismounted on the Champs-Elysees in Paris in 2005, confirmed his return to professional cycling in 2009, when he will ride for Team Astana.

Le Tour is back on the 37-year-old Armstrong’s agenda but victory would be an unexpected bonus rather than the main priority, the American explained, following a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in a Manhattan hotel.