| Seven-time Tour de France cycling champion | | | | the four-kilometer Indianapolis Motor |
| Lance Armstrong of the United States has been | | | | Speedway oval ahead of the race cars before |
| selected to drive the pace car at the 90th | | | | veering off into the pits as the green flag |
| Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indiana. | | | | is waved to begin the race. |
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| Armstrong retired from competitive cycling | | | | Armstrong says after 20 years of competitive |
| after he won a record seventh straight Tour | | | | cycling he is still more comfortable behind |
| de France title in 2005. But on May 28, in | | | | handlebars than he is behind the wheels of an |
| front of more than a quarter million | | | | Indy race car. In his words, "Hopefully I can |
| screaming fans, he will drive the Chevrolet | | | | not mess things up. Driving a high-powered |
| Corvette pace car ahead of the 33-car field | | | | vehicle like that is totally different." |
| at the Indy Racing League event. | | | | |
| | | | Some information for this report provided by |
| Armstrong said Tuesday that he is honored and | | | | AP. |
| excited to have been selected. He will circle | | | | |