FameCrawler : tour de france

Lance Armstrong Dishes On The Sheryl Crow Breakup

Josh loposer — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Three years after the infamous Lance and Sheryl fairytale came to an end, Lance is finally ready to talk about the straw that broke the camel's back -- and inadvertently call Sheryl old.

“She wanted marriage, she wanted children; and not that I didn’t want that, but I didn’t want that at that time because I had just gotten out of a marriage, I’d just had kids [Luke, Grace and Bella],” the 37-year-old celebrity cyclist says. “Yet we’re up against her biological clock — that pressure is what cracked it.”

According to Lance's upcoming biography, aptly titled Lance, the world renown cyclist opened up to author John Wilcockson about the celebrity couple's relationship, saying that it got pretty tense toward the end. Apparently, the last two weeks before Sheryl's 44th birthday, the relationship started feeling like “kind of a struggle."

Unfortunately, the whole biological clock thing is pretty tough to navigate, especially for a couple with a significant age gap. He must be ready now though, because Lance (now 37) and his girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby in June.

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Lance Armstrong's Schedule is the Same as His Kids' Schedule

Karl Erikson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:35:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong didn't reenter the biking arena without some serious contemplation. He took into deep consideration his children - Luke, 9, and twins Isabelle and Grace, 7. Refusing to sacrifice the time with his children, he says, "My schedule this year pretty much revolves around my kids' schedule."

Lance says, too, that ex-wife Kristin Richards Armstrong deserves a lot of credit for making his return to cycling work out. "Kristin has been the real hero and very helpful to me, quite understanding on this comeback," he says.

"It’s not optimal that I fly from here back home for five days before the Tour of California," Lance continues. "That’s the schedule Kristin and I have set out and the kids want to see their old man. I will always travel back and forth to have quality time with my kids. That’s what we’ll do this week and so all that will stay the same as it was the first time."

It's now a tradition that Lance's kids are there for the Tour de France, watching their dad. That'll continue this July, and that includes his baby-to-be, which is due with girlfriend Anna Hansen in June. Lance says, "He or she will be at the Tour, for sure."

Like him or not, you can't deny that Lance is one bad dude when it comes to hitting that bike in France. If it weren't for him, I doubt anyone would even watch.

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Take a Number: Lance Armstrong Will Fall in Love With You Next

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:05:00 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has Lance Armstrong been with a whole lot of women? There was Sheryl Crow, Kate Hudson, Ashley Olsen, the entire Swedish women's cycling team. Okay, I made that last one up, but you have to admit the guy gets around.

Now comes word that the seven-time Tour de France champion has proposed to his pregnant girlfriend, Anna Hansen. InTouch Weekly is citing an Armstrong pal as saying that the engagement happened while the couple was vacationing in Hawaii.

“Lance proposed on the beach,” his friend told the mag. “Although he has a reputation as a ladies’ man, he’s also very traditional, and just feels more comfortable being married before having a baby.”

Before I get way too cynical, let me congratulate the couple on their engagement and their upcoming baby. But a word of advice to his fianceé: Make sure you take away Lance's bicycle so he can't ride away.

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Kate Hudson Amazed at Lance Armstrong's Pending Baby

Karl Erikson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:33:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong recently announced that he is having a child in June with his girlfriend, Anna Hansen. And Kate Hudson, who had a little fling with Mr. Tour de Lance over the summer, is thrilled for him.

"It's amazing. Congratulations," Kate said at Monday's premiere of "Bride Wars," in which she costars with Anne Hathaway. "He's a great father. He already is an amazing father," she said.

Lance, 37, already has 3 kids with ex-wife Kristin - Luke, 9, and twin girls Isabella and Grace, 7.

Makes you wonder if Sheryl Crow has such nice things to say about Lance. Unlikely.

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Lance Armstrong & Anna Hansen: Baby Conceived Naturally

Sassy Smith — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Tour de France seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a child together and a spokeswoman for his cancer foundation confirmed that the couple conceived their baby naturally!

Rae Bazzarre said, "The baby was conceived naturally."

Lance's three other children with ex-wife Kristin Richards, were conceived through in vitro fertilization with sperm that Armstrong had froze before undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer.

The 37-year-old said of his recent news, "Anna and I are thrilled to confirm that we are expecting in June and our families are ecstatic and grateful. We are very much looking forward to what 2009 brings on many fronts. We appreciate respecting our privacy, as we are both eager to celebrate the holidays as a family."

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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trix — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:31:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong, your story was so inspiring, but now you're just a slut.

Lance Armstrong is going to be a daddy again, for the fourth time. He has been dating his newest lady love since July, and it seems that he has been trying to keep it on the down low.

Anna Hansen is her name and she works for a non-profit charity for cancer survivors. Lance was surprised to be able to conceive naturally because of his battle with testicular cancer. He did have some sperm of his frozen when he was diagnosed, I guest it was just in case he ever wanted to have another kid.

Do you think they were using the pull and pray method? Or was he just so cocksure that he was shooting blanks that he thought it could never happen?

Whatever happened he's excited.

I kind of lost respect for him when he dumped Sheryl Crow when she was battling cancer. It seems he could deal with his own battle, but no one else's.

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Lance Armstrong's Racing Return Was a Family Decision

Karl Erikson — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Love him or leave him - and he does have his detractors - Lance Armstrong is coming out of retirement and will ride once again in the Tour de France. But he didn't enter into that decision lightly. He says it was a family decision.

The first person he spoke to was ex-wife Kristin. "Quite frankly, if she had said 'I don't support it,' I wouldn't have done it," says Armstrong. "But Kristin has been an amazing supporter. I need that from her."

Then Armstrong, 37, told Luke, his 8-year-old son. "'Don't tell your sisters,'" he told him. "His sisters tell people everything." But Luke kept the secret. He finaly told the girls, of course, AFTER it was public knowledge.

For Lance, it's all a matter of raising cancer awareness. He wants to "change the face of the disease worldwide, to increase funding, increase education, and erase the stigma of the disease in certain cultures. On the racing side, I'm starting with modest expectations."

Modest expectations never seem to get Lance anywhere, though. He's already won a world-record 7 Tour de Frances and he didn't do it with modest expectations. Course, he did turn away Sheryl Crow, so how good can his judgment really be?

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Who Are the Most Generous Stars?

Karl Erikson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Who is the #1 most generous star? Think you know?

Parade Magazine just released its annual Most Generous Stars listing, via the Giving Back Network. There are 30 stars listed, some of whom are our favorite celebrity parents. Here are the top 10.

1. Oprah Winfrey - $50,200,000: The Oprah Winfrey Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network - education, health care, and advocacy for women and children worldwide.

2. Herb Alpert - $13,000,000: The Herb Alpert Foundation - music education, including the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

3. Barbra Streisand - $11,000,000: The Streisand Foundation - the environment, women's issues, civil rights, AIDS research and advocacy.

4. Paul Newman - $10,005,000: Scholarship for Kenyon College, his alma mater, in Gambier, Ohio.

5. Mel Gibson - $9,899,654: Holy Family Church in Malibu, Calif. Mel and wife Robin have 7 kids: Hannah, 28, twins Edward and Christian, 26, William, 23, Louis, 20, Milo, 18, and Thomas, 9.

6. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - $8,400,000: The Jolie-Pitt Foundation - New Orleans reconstruction, refugee aid, cross-cultural understanding. Brad and Angelina have 137 children, including brand new twins Knox and Vivienne.

7. (tie) Lance Armstrong - $5,000,000: The Lance Armstrong Foundation - cancer research, education and advocacy. Lance has 3 children with ex-wife Kristin Richard: Luke, 9, and twins Isabelle and Grace, 7.

7. (tie) Michael Jordan - $5,000,000: Hales Franciscan High School, a historically black all-boys school in Chicago. Jordan has 3 kids with his ex-wife.

7. (tie) Eric Lindros - $5,000,000: London Health Sciences Centre, a Canadian hospital where the former hockey player was treated.

10. Rush Limbaugh - $4,200,000: Financial assistance to the children of Marines and law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Source | Full List | Photos: People, Vanity Fair, The Smoking Gun

Baby Hincapie!

Whit Honea — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Cyclist George Hincapie and his wife Simonneau welcomed their second child recently.

Enzo George was born on June 20th in Girona, Spain.

Here is the information from the proud daddy himself, via his website:

June 23: Melanie and I are proud to announce the arrival of Enzo Hincapie on June 20, 2008 in Girona, Spain. Mel and Enzo are both healthy and resting comfortably. I'll send more news when I can.
Ciao, George

June 24: Many of you have asked for details on Enzo, so I thought I would share some more statistics. Enzo George Hincapie weighed 3.4 kilos and was 52 centimeters long when he was born on June 20, 2008. For those in the US, that's about 7.48 pounds and 20.47 inches.
Ciao, George

Congratulations!

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Kate Hudson Getting Strongarmed By Armstrong

trix — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:15:00 GMT

Kate and Lance sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

I know the internet has been buzzing lately about Kate and Lance. First everyone wanted to know if they were together, then they wanted to know how serious they were. Now, we know they are a couple, we see them together all the time and now they are kissing in public.

That's all fine and dandy, but what is up with this picture? This is what I see, the kid is watching, not watching but staring, the guy in the background is also staring, leaning in and staring, at the lip lock and the kiss itself doesn't look like a good one. Ryder is between them, I know you can barely see him but he's there getting squished, and Kate looks like she's about to fall over because he's leaning in so far.

I don't know about Lance Armstrong, he's kind of sleazy, I think that when he became a pseudo-celebrity it when to his head and now he thinks he's cooler than he really is. Yuck!!

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Lance and Luke Armstrong

Whit Honea — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:14:00 GMT

Here is Lance Armstrong and his son Luke. We don't see a lot of Lance's kids.

Livestrong, Luke!

This has got to be an easier week for Lance without 20 days of bike under him. Viva la tour!

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Robbie Hunter Has a Big Week

Whit Honea — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:00 GMT

Today is the begining of the Tour de France. Cyclist Robbie Hunter, one of the hopefuls in the race welcomed a new baby two days ago.

I'm guessing he isn't quite as rested as he would have liked, but a hell of a lot happier.

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Lance Armstrong on Letterman

Whit Honea — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:33:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong was on Letterman and talked a bit about Father's Day and some other interesting stuff- like Steve Carell.

Daily Doormat: Kate Hudson Does Lance Armstrong's Laundry

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:35:00 GMT

I'm all for romantic gestures, but scrubbing a guy's shirt does not love make. The people over at OK! magazine seem to think that it's time to order the ring and monogrammed towels and introduce the kids to their new stepmom.

New couple Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong, who have been all over each other all over Cannes, were at a Dolce & Gabbana party when a source spotted Hudson cleaning a men's shirt in the bathroom sink.

"I asked her what she was doing," recalls the source. "Kate blushed and laughed — And then Lance walked out of a stall topless!"

The magazine says this is 'sealing the deal on the couple's status.' I say if you're doing a guy's laundry and you've only been dating him for like five hours, you may as well give him all your cash, wipe his ass for him and let him sleep with your best friend.

Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen Play Show and Tell

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:35:00 GMT

What's weirder than Lance Armstrong dating Ashley Olsen? Okay, probably nothing, but this comes close.

TMZ is reporting that Lance Armstrong's daughter brought Olsen to school for show and tell. Armstrong, 36, has three children with ex-wife Kristin Richard - Luke, 8 and twins Isabella and Grace, 6. Not sure which of the girls brought Ashley, 21, to share with her class. What happened to the good old days, when kids would just bring a teddy bear or a gun?

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Lance Armstrong Is A Lazy SOB

Karen — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:02:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong is training for the NYC Marathon which is set for November 4th, and he says it's harder than doing the Tour De France. Isn't the Tour de France like an 8 day bike ride or something? Maybe he's gone soft. "I’m running more this year than I did last year. Last week I ran 18 miles.” he told US Magazine. 18 miles? Pah. I run 18 miles every hour. That is such crap. See? I told you: lazy.

Him and his 3 kids loaf around the t.v. during down time: " We watch Animal Planet, Shark Week, and Planet Earth," he says. "My son was in mourning for like a week when the Crocodile Hunter died.”

Okay, that is really cute. Go Lance, I'm just teasing ya.

FameCrawler : tour de france

Lance Armstrong Dishes On The Sheryl Crow Breakup

Lance Armstrong's Schedule is the Same as His Kids' Schedule

Take a Number: Lance Armstrong Will Fall in Love With You Next

Kate Hudson Amazed at Lance Armstrong's Pending Baby

Lance Armstrong & Anna Hansen: Baby Conceived Naturally

Lance Armstrong- Just Call Me Daddy, Again

Lance Armstrong's Racing Return Was a Family Decision

Who Are the Most Generous Stars?

Baby Hincapie!

Kate Hudson Getting Strongarmed By Armstrong

Lance and Luke Armstrong

Robbie Hunter Has a Big Week

Lance Armstrong on Letterman

Daily Doormat: Kate Hudson Does Lance Armstrong's Laundry

Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen Play Show and Tell

Lance Armstrong Is A Lazy SOB