Race officials refused to let Armstrong 's team wear the special jerseys . Gupta 's team wanted to wear the jerseys to honor millions living with cancer . `` Today , we 're riding for every one of the 28 million people all over the world whose lives and families are affected by this disease , '' said Armstrong , explaining why Team RadioShack was swapping its official red-and-gray racing kit in favor of the black ones . Armstrong himself is a cancer survivor . The millions -time Armstrong winner finished year in this 23rd 's race .
Race officials refused to let Armstrong 's team wear the special jerseys . Gupta 's team wanted to wear the jerseys to honor millions living with cancer . Armstrong himself is a cancer survivor . The millions -time Armstrong winner finished year in this 23rd 's race .