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Following on from having a custom painted Trek Madone for Tour Down Under earlier this year, Lance Armstrong will be racing the Giro d’Italia (starting this weekend) aboard two very unique Treks.
His Madone and TTX time trial bike have been decorated by artists Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf especially for the upcoming Giro, the first time the 7-time Tour de France winner will be competing in the Italian stage race, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the race.
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Armstrong’s mainstay of the race, his otherwise stock Madone 6.9, has been painted by Shepard Fairey to draw attention to the Livestrong foundation, the reason Armstrong has returned to racing, as well as pay homage to Italy’s rich architectural heritage. Meanwhile, Armstrong’s TTX displays a ‘lightspeed’ look by Kenny Scharf.
Both bikes will be auctioned at Nike’s Stages, a global travelling anti-cancer show organised to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation, when it visits New York on 2 October.
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