Media speculation about Lance Armstrong’s cycling future hit a fever pitch Wednesday following an interview with the French daily Le Figaro when the six-time Tour de France champion advised journalists to turn up at a press conference April 18 ahead of the Tour de Georgia.

“If I were you, I’d go there. I have something important to say,” Armstrong said. “I won’t be doing the Tour forever. But it’s still too early to talk about it. I will announce it to you, to the world, only later.”

Armstrong, who turns 34 in September, only reluctantly announced he’d be returning to the Tour this year for a run at a seventh crown. According to his two-year contract with Discovery Channel, Armstrong is obliged to race one more Tour.

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