VANCOUVER - Hundreds of cyclists turned up Sunday morning at Thunderbird Stadium on the University of B.C. campus to get a glimpse of cycling legend Lance Armstrong and to help raise money to fight cancer.

Armstrong and the cyclists were taking part in the second day of the two-day Tour of Courage, which is organized by the B.C. Cancer Foundation.

The first event was held Saturday in Kelowna and 50 cyclists helped raise $2 million as they rode through south Kelowna with the cycling legend.

Armstrong spoke briefly with reporters before he jumped on a bicycle, saying that his career focus now is on fighting cancer.

He declined to take any questions regarding the decision a few days ago in which an arbitration panel stripped Floyd Landis of his 2006 Tour de France title because it said Landis used synthetic testosterone.

Armstrong, the seven-time Tour De France champion and a cancer survivor, was joined at the U-B-C event by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, and Sindi Hawkins, the chairperson of the event and the MLA for Kelowna-Mission.

(The Canadian Press)