Lance Armstrong and girlfriend Anna Hansen welcomed a 7 lb., 5 oz, 20-inch-long baby boy named Max, the pro cyclist announced on his Twitter page Thursday night – or, rather, the little guy announced it himself.

“Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My Mommy is healthy and so am I!” says the post, which includes a photo of the baby in a cap and sticking his tongue out.

In another post, Armstrong includes a photo of the nurse and doctor who helped deliver Max. “They were amazing!!” writes Armstrong.

The seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor, who is making a comeback to pro cycling, announced last December that he and Hansen were expecting their first child together.

He has three children with ex-wife Kristin. The children were conceived through in vitro fertilization with sperm frozen prior to Armstrong undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer.

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In his upcoming book, Lance Armstrong reveals that he and ex fiancee Sheryl Crow split in 2006 because she wanted to have children — and he didn’t.

“She wanted marriage, she wanted children; and not that I didn’t want that, but I didn’t want that at that time because I had just gotten out of a marriage, I’d just had kids [Luke, 9, and twins Grace and Bella, 7],” Armstrong says Lance (out in July), as excerpted by the New York Post. “Yet we’re up against her biological clock — that pressure is what cracked it.”

Armstrong, 37, says that he and Crow, 47, even went to a counselor, “but really there’s no way to counsel that situation.”

“If somebody wants a child — man, that’s the greatest gift you can give to a woman — … who are you to stand there and say I don’t want one?” he says. “So we were at different points in our lives. We were not compatible on that issue.”

Adds Armstrong (who announced in December that he is expecting a baby with girlfriend Anna Hansen): “I felt like I wasn’t ready … I would have been in the future, but not then.”

In May 2007, the unwed Crow adopted a two-week-old boy, Wyatt.

Of motherhood, Crow told Usmagazine.com this past February, “It’s great! I love every minute of it.”

“The best part is all of it,” she added. “I would love more kids! I don’t know about 14 kids, but I’d love more!”

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Lance Armstrong has been hospitilized after a crash during the first leg of the Tour de France in Spain.

Armstrong, who was caught in a pile-up about 12.5 miles form the stage’s finish in La Vuelta de Castilla y Leon, may have injured his collarbone, and appeared to be in considerable pain as he was helped into an ambulance headed to the Rio Carrion hospital in Palencia, the Associated Press reports. Some reports say he has withdrawn from the race.

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Kate Hudson has nothing but well wishes for ex-boyfriend Lance Armstrong, who recently announced that he is expecting a child in June with girlfriend Anna Hansen.

“It’s amazing. Congratulations,” Hudson told PEOPLE at Monday night’s Manhattan premiere of Bride Wars, where she shared the Tiffany & Co. blue carpet with costar Anne Hathaway.

Hudson, 29, got cozy with the seven-time Tour De France champion over this past summer. Armstrong, 37, has three children with his ex-wife Kristin: Luke, 9, and twin daughters Isabella and Grace, 7.

“He’s a great father. He already is an amazing father,” Hudson said with a smile.

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Lance Armstrong is going to be a daddy again!

The multiple Tour De France winner is expecting a child with his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, his rep told Usmagazine.com exclusively on Tuesday.

“Anna and I are thrilled to confirm that we are expecting in June and our families are ecstatic and grateful,” Armstrong told Us via his rep. “We are very much looking forward to what 2009 brings on many fronts. We appreciate [the public] respecting our privacy, as we are both eager to celebrate the holidays as a family.”

“Lance and Anna [Hansen] have been quietly dating since July,” PerezHilton reported. “They met through Lance’s charity work. Anna works at a non-profit for cancer survivors.”

Armstrong is father to son Luke, 9, and 11-year-old twins Isabelle and Grace with his ex-wife Kristin Richards.

Armstrong has been linked to Kate Hudson, Sheryl Crow and designer Tory Burch.

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Matthew McConaughey is backing his pal Lance Armstrong to win the next Tour de France cycle race.

The cyclist – who has dated a string of celebrities including Kate Hudson – recently announced his return to the sport after a three-year break.

And McConaughey, who is a close friend of the sportsman, insists that Armstrong can go on to win his 8th title at the legendary event in 2009.

He tells Access Hollywood, “Whenever we get together I like to hop into his training regime. He doesn’t need much of my help training, I promise you that. I’m happy he is going back to do it. And he is going back to win it. He’s got the strongest mind of a guy I’ve ever met. Whatever he sets his mind to do it, I’m gonna bet on it.”

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Champion cyclist, cancer fundraiser, father of three, and alpha bachelor Lance Armstrong is on the cover of the October Men’s Journal and profiled in a lengthy piece by Vanessa Grigoriadis. After pages rehashing his history and detailing hanging out with Armstrong on LiveStrong Day as he jets around the country, the author finally gets to sex and dating. Armstrong last three girlfriends have publicly been Kate Hudson, Tory Burch and Sheryl Crow, to whom he was engaged. The article is not yet online, but Huffington Post typed in this excerpt:

These days he’s unapologetic about his reputation in the tabloids as a p***y hound, linked to designer and socialite Tory Burch, Ashley Olsen (whom he denies dating), and, until recently, Kate Hudson. “I’m a 36-year-old single guy who is completely open and honest with every woman in my life,” says Armstrong. “As long as you’re honest, and no one’s getting played or let down, then you’re being fair.”

Armstrong doesn’t go on a lot of real dates. “I think it’s hard for me, or for anyone in my position, to call someone up and say, ‘Hey, can I take you on a date?’” he says. “It’s never like that. I meet people casually, while hanging out with friends, so there’s less pressure.” Sex is something he enjoys, because he didn’t get much of it on the Tour. “I had sex if I had the energy. I wasn’t one of those guys who believed in the myths about the guy losing his chi,” says Armstrong. “But the fact is that if you are riding your bike five, six, seven hours a day, you are not a sex champion. You’re just not. You have fatigue, low testosterone, and a lower libido.” He grins. “But you know, I never got any complaints.”

Armstrong retreats from questions about Hudson, whom he dated for a few months. “I made a mistake to let the public into my relationship with Sheryl, even though it didn’t feel like a mistake at the time,” he says. “It put a lot of pressure on the relationship, and I will never do it again.” Some public outings can’t be avoided, though. “When Tory had a show, I would go to the show; when Sheryl had a concert, I’d go to the concert; and if – uh – a new lady has a premiere, I might go to the premiere. I’m there as a supportive partner, that’s my role. But sitting down and doing a bunch of photos, like I did with Sheryl, is just wrong, and I won’t do that again.”

It is hard to miss that most of these women are somewhat similar: down-to-earth blond lasses with Cheshire cat grins and small waistlines. Does he have a type?

“Everyone says that!” says Armstrong, moodily. “Everyone says I have a type! Of course I have a type. But doesn’t everyone have a type? So shut up!”

Um, isn’t that type a little like your mom?

“Now, hold on a minute there, ” he says, laughing. “That’s just gross.”

Later, at his Texas mansion, he shows the reporter his bedroom and bathroom, which has an infinity bathtub:

A painting hangs over a stainless-steel bathtub in his bathroom. “Girls love that tub,” he says, “They’re always splashing around in it, and I’ve gotta be like, ‘Hey, quit splashing the art!” (It’s not immediately apparent if “girls” means his daughters or his lady friends.)

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