8 year old boy riding in the Alps with Lance

From Lance Armstrong's twitter feed today:

Final training video. Ran into 8 yr old Liam rockin' his LS gear on top of the Col du Columbiere. 8yrs old! http://tinyurl.com/nrwscs


I am in awe of this kid. He's only eight!!!

I want to be that kid! Imagine: a) that epically beautiful ride and b) riding with Lance! I'm envious.

I so want to go ride those routes one day. My bike is named after one (the Izoard), so I think it's just fitting he should get to see the top of it one day.

Thanks for the link.
That is so cool!:)

Too cute. I love it! Though I couldn't help but want to fix Liam's little helmet :)

Me too! His little head is exposed, but for sure he could kick my heiney on any climb! Lucky kid.

Karen

What an experience! I bet he'll remember that for the rest of his life!

I didn't know they made road bikes that small!

I saw that yesterday and LOVED it! I am sure the boy was incredibly excited, but I also imagine his dad was insanely excited!

I wanted to fix his helmet too!

I hate that kid ;)

I wonder if he will be the Tiger Woods of cycling?

Wow!! Such natural. I hope he doesn't wreck his body from overtraining. Kid need to be kids and I hope his dad isn't pushing him to a poin where Liam loses interest in cycling or sport for that matter.

On a more positive note, Liam really rocks!! Way to go!!!

So where is he from? spoke English. I could see him in U23?? catagory in US finals and winning in another 10 years.

I love that video - hey maybe he will be a future champ :)

he's cute. reminds me of my own son when he was that age.

Here is Liam's Dads blog about the meeting: http://www.fathersontour.com/2009/06...g-link-to.html

Lucky kid to be able to share such a cool cycling trip with his dad and to actually meet Lance is just a bonus.

That actually made me cry a little. :rolleyes: Really cool.

for a father THAT into cycling you would think he would make sure the kid had a proper fitting helmet.
I thought that was SOO cool, but I cringed at the helmet. And when you look at the blog his helmet is askew in almost ALL of the shots.

Wow, little Liam packs a punch. How cool! Had to say- it was nice to hear Lance out of breath as he was talking. Makes me think he's just slightly human. ;) I always imagine him climbing mountains and not being out of breath at all. :)