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Lance Armstrong said he’s confident he can help bring bicycle racing back to Colorado after meeting Tuesday with Gov. Bill Ritter. Armstrong said that by 2011 he would like to revive the Coors Classic, a stage race that began in the 1970s. “There is no reason the Coors Classic doesn’t come back. I think U.S. cycling needs it,” Armstrong said. On the same day the seven-time Tour de France winner was pitching the reincarnation of the Coors Classic, it was announced Armstrong inked a deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev to be the spokesman for Michelob Ultra. And, after all, what goes better with biking than a cold six-pack? Denver Post wire services
