Armstrong still unsure about Tour

Lance Armstrong will ride the classic races as part of his comeback from retirement but still has to decide whether he will race in the Tour de France.

The seven-times Tour winner, who said in September he was coming out of a three-year retirement, was reluctant to give any further indication on whether he would take part in next year's Tour.

"I am going to Italy (Giro), I am going to do Tour of Flanders, all the classics of cycling (except Paris-Roubaix), Tour of California, Criterium International, Circuit de la Sarthe," the 37-year-old said.

The one-day classic races that usually take place in the spring include the Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Milan-San Remo, the Fleche Wallonne, the Amstel Gold Race, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders .

Armstrong always focused his whole season on the world's greatest stage race at the expense of the classics. The Astana rider, however, remains unsure of his participation in the 2009 Tour.

"I want to say that I am not trying to be coy. I am not playing games with them (Tour organisers), with the fans, the media. I simply don't know and I am not in a hurry to decide," Armstrong said.

Armstrong has had a difficult relationship with Tour organisers, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), who said last month his return to the race would be "embarrassing".