Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie are hosting a cycling holiday this year, paying $30,000 for five days of cycling in Mallorca, Spain.
The trip is called "The Move Mallorca 2020," borrowing the name from Armstrong's cycling podcast, and is listed on the website of adventure travel company Out There.
Armstrong was stripped of seven Tour de France titles for doping and banned from the sport for life, and his former teammate Hincapie also confessed to doping.
The pair will host a five-day, six-night holiday in late September with 12 guests. Guests pay $30,000 for five days of riding with the two on Pinarello bikes, with kit, lodging, and meals included in the hefty price.
"Lance Armstrong has never headlined a cycling tour like this before.
"George Hincapie will co-host The Move Mallorca 2020 with Lance. Join us as one of only 12 guests for this amazing experience. Majorca is a cycling paradise and the tour will feature some of the island's most iconic rides. It includes 5 days of riding with Lance and George, all accommodations, Pinarello bikes, cycling kit, receptions, meals, support, and great memories."
Armstrong has faced financial headaches since receiving a lifetime ban in 2012 and confessing to doping on Oprah Winfrey's show in 2013. Many sponsors have abandoned him, and he has faced many expensive lawsuits; in April 2018, Armstrong paid $5 million to the U.S. federal government and a $1.65 million settlement to his former teammate and doping buddy Floyd Landis.
Just a year ago, Armstrong calculated that he had lost $111 million in lawsuits, settlements, and guaranteed revenue losses, and revealed that he had "saved" his family tens of millions of dollars with his early investment in the ride-sharing company Uber.
Armstrong has also battled the terms of his lifetime ban; he launched his own podcast in 2017 and headed to Israel to broadcast from the start of the 2018 Giro d'Italia, but was persona non grata (not a desirable He was considered a persona non grata; in 2014 he was prevented from participating in the Hincapie Gran Fondo.
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