Sheryl Crow supports Lance Armstrong at Tour De France
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WASQUEHAL, France - Rocker Sheryl Crow admits she still has a bit to learn
about cycling.
The singer is attending her first Tour de France since striking up a
relationship with Lance Armstrong last year, and plans to be by his side
through much of the three-week race.
"This year has been a crash course for me — learning what cycling's all
about," Crow told The Associated Press. "It's an amazing sport. I have a lot of
admiration for these riders."
When he gave her a new bike last year, "I didn't even know you clipped into
bike pedals. So this is how much I knew about cycling," she said.
Crow said she expects Armstrong to succeed in his bid for an unprecedented
sixth Tour victory, and he doesn't seem to need any inspiration from her.
"For me, it has been not only a great adventure, but necessary, I think, to my
art," Crow said, adding with a chuckle: "I guess I'm going to write a whole
record about bike riding."
Armstrong has said he appreciates Crow's efforts as a cyclist's girlfriend who
will "do laundry and cook food, and do all of the things that wives or
girlfriends do."
Crow's feeling? "Lance said it's hard for me to be a cycling girlfriend? I'm
sure it is," she said, acknowledging she never would have imagined becoming
one.
"No, but life is funny. I've had so many incredible things happen to me and I
would say that meeting Lance has definitely been the most incredible."
"It's changed my life," she added. "and I'm happier than I have ever been."