Lance Armstrong's Astana team has launched a new website, Ride for LiveStrong, outlining the squad's involvement in the seven-times Tour de France winner's global cancer initiative.
According to the site, Astana are aiming to raise US$275,000 in 2009 for global cancer research - this sum has significance as it represents one cent for every cancer death that occurred during Armstrong's retirement period - quoted to be 27.5million people.
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