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Lance Armstrong says he’s confident he can help bring bicycle racing back to Colorado after meeting Tuesday with Gov. Bill Ritter.
Armstrong, who has a home in Aspen and has trained in the area, said that by 2011 he would like to revive the Coors Classic, a stage race that was run in the late 1970s and 1980s.
“There is no reason the Coors Classic doesn’t come back. I think U.S. cycling needs it,” Armstrong said.
Ritter said the state is faced with a serious budget crisis, but there may be a way for the state to help Armstrong revive the race by August 2011 if Armstrong can find supporters.
Ritter said he was trying to find a way to form a cycling commission that would raise money from sponsors. The Associated Press
