Lance Armstrong returned to bike along a Tour de France route Thursday, said he’s watched the Tour for the first time in two years and is rooting for American Tejay van Garderen.
Armstrong, who was stripped of his record seven Tour wins from 1999 through 2005 while doping, rode in a planned charity event with others along this year’s Tour route, one day before the professional cyclists will take to the same roads.
“I can understand that there’s still some hurt feelings,” Armstrong told reporters Thursday. “That’s a process that I’ll walk through for a long, long time.