Aboard Air Force One ? President Bush predicted Friday that Lance Armstrong would win the Tour de France — and added with a smile that Bush would win re-election, too.

Bush fed his new passion for bicycling by watching the Tour on Air Force One’s TV screens, rooting for fellow Texan Armstrong during a punishing stage through the Pyrenees.

Asked by the Associated Press whether he thought Armstrong — in photo above visiting with the media before Friday’s stage, in which he placed second — would pull off a record-breaking sixth tour win, Bush flashed two thumbs-up.

“He’s going to win, and I’m going to win,” Bush said en route to Florida and West Virginia — two critical states in his re-election campaign.

“There’s no need to worry about either race any more,” Bush said with a wave of his hands and a grin.