Five-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has said he is likely to race twice more in the sport's most prestigious event.

"I will probably run two more Tours de France in 2004 and 2005," the American was quoted as saying on his personal website on Thursday. "The team is in place and our preparation out of season has gone well."

The 32-year-old Armstrong will bid for a record sixth Tour next year. He joined cycling's most select club when he claimed his fifth victory in July, matching the feat of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.

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