Surprising no one, Lance Armstrong has been named to the RadioShack roster for the 2010 Tour de France.
He'll be joined by Americans Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner.
Also on the roster are Andreas Kloeden of Germany, Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia, Sergio Paulinho of Portugal, Yaroslav Popovych of Ukraine, Gregory Rast of Switzerland and Dmitriy Muravyev of Kazakhstan.
The 38-year-old …
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More than 900 members of the LiveStrong army took to the streets in Seattle and the hilly Eastside on Sunday to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
It was the second year in a row that the charity bike ride visited Seattle to raise funds.
Many participants wore the LiveStrong, Mellow Johnny or Fat Cyclist jerseys and seemed reluctant to cover them up with rain gear as a steady drizzle fell on the course.
All the bicycle riders started at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle on Sunday morning and took off on rides of 10, 45, 70 or 100 miles ….
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As Stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse drew to a close with a final climb on Saturday, Lance Armstrong attacked a group that was chasing a six-man break up the road.
The General Classification contenders reeled him back, but Armstrong proved that there's still plenty of life in his legs.
He emphasized that point on the final stage Sunday with a decent finish in the individual time trial that catapulted him into second place overall, just 12 seconds behind winner Frank Schleck. Aussie Tony Martin (HTC Columbia) won the ITT, and defending champ Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) trailed by 17 seconds.
Armstrong, riding for Team RadioShack, finished 11th at 1:09 behind. He reported to his Tweet followers ….
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Just about any European bicycle race this month is touted as a tune-up for the 2010 Tour de France. That's always been true for the just-ended Dauphine Libere.
It's also the case for the Tour de Suisse that started Saturday and runs through next Saturday. The Versus cable network will broadcast highlights of the race daily this week.
While Spain's Alberto Contador focused attention on the Dauphine as the training ground for his attempt for a third victory at the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, above right, is racing in the Tour de Suisse to prepare for his attempt for an eighth Tour de France championship.
Among others, he's going up against Switzerland's homeboy and defending champion Fabian Cancellara (spoiler alert) …
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Lance Armstrong held onto third place overall as the Tour of Luxembourg came to an end Sunday, putting the 38-year-old cyclist closer to the condition he'll need for the 2010 Tour de France.
Armstrong shared the podium with overall winner Matteo Carrara of Vacansoleil and second-place finisher Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank.
The leader of Team RadioShack, which won the team classification, told reporters after the race that he felt good about the finishing on the podium, especially considering the illnesses and crash that marred his spring season. He's quoted at Reuters:
“Any time you can win a race, be on a podium, in preparation it's important. I wouldn't ….
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Lance Armstrong remained in 3rd place at the Tour of Luxembourg after Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank won the most difficult stage of the race on Friday and took the overall lead.
The five-day race around the tiny country ends Sunday. Armstrong will take a week off, then compete in the Tour of Switzerland from June 12 – 20 as he tries to ride himself back into shape for the 2010 Tour de France in July.
Armstrong, 38, will sit out the Dauphine Libere bike race that starts Sunday and runs through June 13. While considered a tune-up for the Tour de France, so is the Swiss bike race ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/04/armstrong-coming-around-at-tour-of-luxembourg/
After crashing out early at the Amgen Tour of California last week, Lance Armstrong now says he'll ride for Team RadioShack at the four-stage Tour of Luxembourg that begins next Tuesday Wednesday.
Meanwhile, two reporters for the New York Times write that two unidentified sources told them that a federal drug probe into Armstrong and other cyclists accused by Floyd Landis might be broadened to include a fraud investigation.
Whether or not Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs, which he has vehemently denied for years, it will be interesting to see whether the distractions posed by reports of investigations will detract from his performance at Tour of Luxembourg and the Tour de France in July ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/26/armstrong-returns-to-tour-of-luxembourg-next-week-reports-of-drug-probe/
Lance Armstrong dropped out of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California early in Thursday's Stage 5 not long after crashing.
About 15 cyclists went down just 4 miles after leaving Visalia for the 121-mile stage to Bakersfield.
According to text commentary from news sources, Armstrong received medical treatment at the scene of the accident and returned to the peloton with …
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[Updates with reaction from Armstrong, Hincapie and WADA]
In a series of e-mails written to cycling officials and sponsors disclosed by the Wall Street Journal and ESPN.com, Floyd Landis admits to doping to enhance his performance during his cycling career.
More explosive, however, are his assertions that Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie and David Zabriskie all participated in various forms of doping while they were together at the U.S. Postal Service cycling team.
Armstrong immediately rejected the accusations, but the World Anti-Doping Agency says it will investigate the charges.
Armstrong reacted before the beginning of Stage 5 of the Tour of California, with team manager Johann Bruyneel at his side:
“It's our word against his word. I like our word. We like our credibility. We have nothing to hide. Nothing to run from.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/20/lance-armstrong-again-target-of-doping-accusationsthis-time-floyd-landis-makes-allegations/
Levi Leipheimer won his second Tour of the Gila championship on Sunday while Aussie Darren Lill won the Stage 5 Gila Monster Road Race.
High winds and snow flurries, instead of high winds and heat, greeted the cyclists on the final day of bike race based in the Silver City, New Mexico, that has become a domestic training race for elite cyclists.
Lance Armstrong, who launched this retreat to southwestern New Mexico last year to test his recovery from a broken collarbone, finished in 17th, 6:53 behind Leipheimer. Finishing second and third overall were Tom Danielson and David Zabriskie. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/03/leipheimer-repeats-tour-of-the-gila-championship-lill-wins-monster-stage/
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