Armstrongs to divorce. Sorry to hear it.

[MavKikiNYC]

Posted on Thu, Sep. 04, 2003

Lance Armstrong, wife to divorce
Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas - Five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his wife have separated and will divorce.

Armstrong and his wife, Kristin, separated two weeks ago, soon after moving back to Austin from Girona, Spain. The couple is currently working on reaching a divorce settlement, while maintaining separate homes in Austin.

"The craziest thing is, we're closer now and better friends than ever before," Lance Armstrong said the Austin American-Statesman in Thursday's editions. "We're truly committed to maintaining a good relationship, but not a marriage."

Lance Armstrong overcame cancer on his way to five Tour wins. When he won his fifth straight Tour in July he tied the record held by Spain's Miguel Indurain.

"They tried, over the whole summer period, to reconcile," Jogi Muller, a spokesman for Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team, told The Associated Press. "But somehow, now in the month after the Tour, it just didn't work out. They tried probably for the children, for themselves."

Muller said that the couple had originally planned to stay in Europe through mid-September, but decided to return home early.

The couple, who have been married for five years and have three children, announced in February that they had been separated for a month. They later reconciled.

[FishForLunch]

I guess she was tired of always being second to his profession of cycling. The woman needs to loved and taken care off. Maybe she will find somebody else who will devote all his time to her.

[Drbio]

Sad news.

[kg_veteran]

That's really sad to hear.

[Murphy3]

some wild speculation fishforlunch

[Drbio]

Originally posted by: FishForLunch
I guess she was tired of always being second to his profession of cycling. The woman needs to loved and taken care off. Maybe she will find somebody else who will devote all his time to her.

[FishForLunch]

I am sorry I forgot people on this board dont speculate, my bad

[Ummmmm Ok]

"They tried, over the whole summer period, to reconcile," Jogi Muller, a spokesman for Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team, told The Associated Press. "But somehow, now in the month after the Tour, it just didn't work out. They tried probably for the children, for themselves."

I thought cycling *sitting on a bike seat all day, every day* made it difficult to have children? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

I am just glad that even though marriage didn't work, that they are still going to remain really close and remain very very good friends as well as good parents.

p.s. Sorry about the Children comment, I had too. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[Drbio]

Umok- they had the kids through artificial insemination.

[ames7]

That's too bad. Glad to hear it was amicable though.

[Rod1975]

"The craziest thing is, we're closer now and better friends than ever before," Lance Armstrong said the Austin American-Statesman in Thursday's editions. "We're truly committed to maintaining a good relationship, but not a marriage."

ugh, I'll never understand how people can do that...all my breakups make me dislike her.....maybe its just me...

I think she did feel like second fiddle, after all most Texas women are wannabe princesses anyway.

[signoftimes]

Doc- Love the chart

Wasn't Lance's wife posting messages on his website about how bored she was and how she wanted a divorce. I believe she was doing this in the middle of the tour. I'm sure she had some legitimate complaints, but to post them on the net in the middle of the biggest race of the year is immature.

[FishForLunch]

SOT you better be careful, the guys on this board are a sensitive bunch.

[Drbio]

signoftimes- I had not heard that. if it is true, that would be unfortunate.