PENNY PARKER: Lance Armstrong's Colorado girlfriend pregnant
By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published December 24, 2008 at 11:48 a.m.
Updated December 24, 2008 at 9:31 p.m.
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Lance Armstrong of the USA stops during a training ride at a Team Astana Training Camp at the Hotel Las Madrigueras on December 5, 2008 in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife.
Testicular cancer survivor Lance Armstrong's Colorado-born girlfriend is pregnant without the help of fertility medical procedures, according to Internet reports.
Anna Hansen, 28, is a Fort Collins native who works for First Descents, a Vail-based nonprofit that provides outdoor adventures for young adults fighting cancer. Armstrong, 37, has three other children with his ex-wife. Those pregnancies were made possible using sperm that was frozen prior to his chemotherapy treatments.
Armstrong visited Colorado last year to compete in the Leadville 100 mountain bike race. He is currently in training for the 2009 Tour de France under a strict drug testing program.
Hansen is reportedly in her second trimester (with the baby due in June) and traveling with the world-class cyclist.
According to the First Descents Web site: "Anna Hansen is a program manager and recruiter for First Descents. As a Colorado native, Anna loves nothing more than being outdoors, and Vail provides the perfect setting for her favorite activities, mountain biking and snowboarding.
"Anna graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has been a volunteer at the Children's Hospital in Denver, and serves on the board of directors for Camp Wapiyapi, a foundation providing hope and support for families with childhood cancer. Combining her passion for the outdoors with helping those fighting cancer makes First Descents the perfect job for Anna."
Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail parkerp@Rocky MountainNews.com.
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December 24, 2008
12:23 p.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
Wow. Guess the chemo didn't leave him completely sterile. Good for them. I wonder if the June due date will influence his decision to ride the Tour in July. Well, that, and having to play second fiddle to Contador in France. Should be interesting...
December 24, 2008
12:24 p.m.
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justinco writes:
I knew Anna in HS
December 24, 2008
12:51 p.m.
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bone writes:
...so?.....whose the daddy?
December 24, 2008
1:13 p.m.
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Diff writes:
REALLY a slow news day!
December 24, 2008
1:13 p.m.
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dano writes:
He is an idiot. She's an idiot. The baby will be rich.
December 24, 2008
1:26 p.m.
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tunaman65 writes:
I'm the daddy, went out the back door as Lance came in the front.
December 24, 2008
2 p.m.
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NeilT writes:
LOL!
You can't get pregnant using the back door, tunaman!
December 24, 2008
2:10 p.m.
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dirkle writes:
What a relief to know his ball(s?) is in good working order.
Seriously - who GIVES a s#t??
December 24, 2008
2:16 p.m.
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johnson writes:
Armstrong visited Colorado last year. She lives and works in Vail.
Hmmmm, does one night stand come to mind? I wonder what Lance's spokesman has to say.
December 24, 2008
2:44 p.m.
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jjez writes:
OOOPS! Probably should have had that checked before he assumed he had no swimmers!
December 24, 2008
2:51 p.m.
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EZBakeOven writes:
dirkle - that made me laugh! Thanks for the giggle.
December 24, 2008
3:42 p.m.
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MGD writes:
Good for them!
Johnson, Armstrong owns a house in Aspen and spends much of his time there training.
December 24, 2008
3:44 p.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
Johnson, Armstrong has been living in the Aspen area for a while now. Plus, given she works in the cancer community, it's probably not a one night stand situation. But way to judge without knowing anything about that of which you speak. Very big of you.
December 24, 2008
4:19 p.m.
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peterpi writes:
To all you who would mock a guy who has come back from many adversities, who fought testicular cancer and won, I say "Bah, humbug!!!"
Looks like Santa needs to contract with another coal mine, to meet the greater need this year.
December 24, 2008
6:02 p.m.
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jjez writes:
I wish all three of them the best, despite my joke about his swimmers.
December 24, 2008
10:16 p.m.
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DallasKing94 writes:
Kobe Bryant....... is the daddy.
December 24, 2008
10:56 p.m.
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jersey writes:
RMN: If he were Adam and she was Eve it would be newsworthy! Starting to see more and more why you are going under! As for you and your Reporters (sic) don't let the door hit ya, where the good Lord split ya!
December 25, 2008
10:46 a.m.
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incognitoboy writes:
jersey-
why are you here reading if......?
go take your own advice, chump.
congrats to one of america's truly great athletes and citizens.
December 25, 2008
11:20 a.m.
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jersey writes:
incognitoboy-BOY-BOY: PUNK: Just like you I'm entitled to my own opinions and have a right to express them without needing your freakin' approval! Send me another memo in stating that I do and I'll take it under advisement before tossing it into file 13!
December 25, 2008
1:05 p.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
What would you expect, jersey? Penny Parker's column is a celebrity column. Given that Lance is a celebrity, has ties to Colorado, and this is a pretty amazing celebrity story it fits right in here. Not really sure what else you were expecting...
December 26, 2008
5:44 a.m.
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jersey writes:
CaptainO: Well put and accepted. I was off my game on that one. One of life's bumps in the road. Appreciate your responding with intelligence rather than HS asinine name calling like the "Cog" above. In a moment of weakness I lowered myself to his level in my retort. Happy holidays to you and yours!
January 12, 2009
3:58 p.m.
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