American cycling hero Armstrong leads ride for Australia's Queensland flood relief
08:32, 24 January 2011
BRISBANE, Australia. January 24. KAZINFORM The U.S. cycling hero Lance Armstrong will lead a 25km ride through Australia's third largest city of Brisbane on Monday morning to raise money for Queensland's flood relief effort, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported on Monday. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Armstrong comes to Brisbane straight from riding in the Tour Down Under in Adelaide on Sunday, his final international race.
With Armstrong's involvement, the ride is expected to raise up to 500,000 AU dollars (494,850 U.S. dollars) for flood victims, it 's unlikely that his legions of devoted fans will care about the slip. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com for full version