Lance Armstrong, 7th July Only last week Lance was claiming he was nothing more than a domestique deluxe in the Astana team, and that Contador was the leader. This was re-stated by Bruyneel at the start of the Tour. We’d all questioned his age, his time away from top-level competition, his ‘beach weight-lifting with celebrity buddies’ [...]
Who will win Le Tour?
The Classics season is over. The Giro’s finished. The Dauphine Libere starts this coming weekend. Most of the early season favourites have shown form of some description, but this remains the most open of Tours in years. So who is going to win? Contador goes into the Dauphine – traditionally Lance’s Tour warm up event [...]
Giro reflections
The centenary edition of the Giro didn’t let us down: the return of Lance (sorry, I shouldn’t mention that first); a fascinating classically mountainous route stretching the length of the country; great crowds supporting the Italian riders; a race that went down to the wire. Hats off to Denny Menchov. Not only was he cool [...]
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