In 2008 Armstrong announced that he would return to professional cycling and compete in the 2009 Giro d'Italia and the 2009 [[Tour-de-France]], as well as other races on the professional circuit.<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/080909</ref> For the 2009 season, he joined Team Astana. <ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=3672089</ref> | In 2008 Armstrong announced that he would return to professional cycling and compete in the 2009 Giro d'Italia and the 2009 [[Tour-de-France]], as well as other races on the professional circuit.<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/080909</ref> For the 2009 season, he joined Team Astana. <ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=3672089</ref> |