While their son talks to reporters from newspapers and magazines in Europe and the US, Floyd Landis's parents talked to the local Rotary Club this week.

Landis's strict Mennonite upbringing by his parents became an interesting sidelight to his career in 2006 as he racked up more and more bicycle race wins. But his parents were thrust into the news with the accusations that their son doped to win a stage of the 2006 Tour de France. Paul and Arlene had slightly different takes on their experiences since the doping allegations ...   more »

This is like one of those fantasy matches: "What if Satchel Paige pitched against Ichiro," or "What if Johnny Unitas' Baltimore Colts took on Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts?"

The Floyd Landis camp issued a press release Tuesday that their guy is going to get on his mountain bike and race in the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race, scheduled Aug. 11, 2007, in Leadville, Colorado.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong had already agreed to ride in Leadville. This sets up a challenge between two Tour de France winners in a slightly different contest.

Who's missing? Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, of course. Wouldn't that be a wild contest? ...   more »

If you like to witness cyclists struggling on mountain stages, you'll need to check in early with the 2007 Vuelta a Espana.

Instead of opening with a week for the sprinters, the three-week-long Tour of Spain -- September 1-23 -- boasts a mountaintop finish on the difficult Lagos de Covadonga on the fourth day.

In all, the Vuelta route announced today boasts seven mountain stages, four mountaintop finishes, and two time trials as it spins for 2,009 miles clockwise ...   more »

Florida cyclist A.J. Smith had his moment in the sun last year when he won the Discovery Channel pro cycling team's so-called Race2Replace contest in August.

Now the 25-year-old cyclist who won the promotional honor to replace Lance Armstrong on the Discovery team at the USPRO Time Trial Championships in Greenville, S.C., last September is getting back into the sport after quitting six years ago.

He's riding for the Herbal Life/Bike America Racing Team ...   more »

Think pink this May when the 2007 Giro d'Italia bicycle race begins its three-week contest for the winner's pink jersey.

Ivan Basso, now a cyclist on the Discovery Channel pro cycling team, is looking to repeat his championship from last year when he was a member of Team CSC. Once again, the bike race is touted as one that favors the climbing specialists.

As last year's Giro d'Italia started in Belgium to commemorate Italians killed in a mine disaster in that country, the first three days of the 2007 Giro will be raced on the island of Sardenia ...   more »