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Cycling's Impending Shakeup: Looking Ahead at 2010

Ah, what a Tour de France it was...but if you want more on the past, check out the article I wrote a few weeks ago. This piece is about the future of pro cycling...

Written by John McCurdy about 3 months ago 818 reads 4 comments
The Alternative Tour De France, The One Race Lance Armstrong Has Never Won...

Lance Armstrong has had a remarkable career. He has won the toughest race in the world, the Tour De France. seven times. He even came out of retirement as a 38 year old and despite losing out, he still managed to finish on the podium...

Written by Willie Gannon about 3 months ago 1,545 reads 4 comments
Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador Already Butting Heads

Though the 2010 version of the Tour de France is still some 48 weeks away, there is already a buzz going on. Unlike this year's tour, where the two alpha-males had to pretend to like each other ...

Written by Ken Black about 4 months ago 240 reads 0 comments
The Top Tour de France Stories You Didn't Hear About

Lance Armstrong coming out of retirement to ride a full docket of Pro Tour races, including the Tour de France, is a great story...

Written by John McCurdy about 4 months ago 752 reads 13 comments
Tour de France Withdrawal Begins Today

I’ve dreaded this day for weeks, and here it is at last. It’s the day after the 2009 Tour de France ended...

Written by Tracy Young about 4 months ago 552 reads 2 comments
Despite The Success, Astana Looks Set To Implode In The Wake Of Le Tour

Team Astana’s domination of the 2009 Tour de France would, you would imagine, be cause for great celebration and provide a strong foundation upon which Astana could build a dynasty. Of course, if you did imagine it, you’d be quite wrong...

Written by Craig Christopher about 4 months ago 231 reads 1 comments
Armstrong Wins 44th Tour de France on Eve of 100th Birthday (Satire)

EURO DISNEY, FRANCE, July 29, 2071 – Lance Armstrong wrapped up the overall title today in the 2071 Tour de France, and increased his record of Tour trophies to forty four...

Written by Le Lanterne Rouge about 4 months ago 335 reads 0 comments
Contador Arrested for Series of Attacks on Quiet French Village (Satire)

Amid Alberto Contador’s bid for the 2009 Tour de France title, French authorities arrested the Spaniard at the conclusion of Friday’s stage for the “unconscionable disregard ...

Written by Le Lanterne Rouge about 4 months ago 549 reads 1 comments
Armstrong's True Plan Revealed?

It seemed too good to be true: Armstrong riding for free on Team Astana? There had to be something more to this... Today, the other shoe finally came down, as Radioshack announced that they would be sponsoring a new cycling team to begin operation in 2010

Written by Greg Tierney about 4 months ago 150 reads 0 comments
Alberto Contador: Future Cycling Legend

Alberto Contador continues to show why his explosive riding style earned him the nickname "El Pistolero" in professional cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France...

Written by Alex Kerstetter about 4 months ago 151 reads 0 comments
Levi Leipheimer Slams Contador's Tactics

Levi Leipheimer publicly called out Alberto Contrador for the second time in the Tour de France. The first time he did so was at the top of Arcalis in Stage 7. Most recently, it was Wednesday after Stage 17...

Written by Ken Black about 4 months ago 207 reads 0 comments
Lance Armstrong Not Ready to Go Away Yet

Lance Armstrong may be a a senior citizen in the world of professional cycling, but he showed Tuesday he's far from dead. Dropped, and at one point behind by as much as 35 seconds, the 37-year-old Texan showed everyone he still has a kick in his legs...

Written by Ken Black about 4 months ago 148 reads 1 comments
Lance Armstrong Admits Alberto Contador is "Best Rider in the Race"

For the first time in recent memory, Lance Armstrong admitted Saturday there is at least one bike rider that can get the better of him...

Written by Ken Black about 4 months ago 202 reads 2 comments
Thor Hushovd Outsprints Main Field, Wins Stage Six

Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) took an exciting Stage Six victory of the Tour de France, helping lead the main pack in a final two km uphill sprint...

Written by Mike Jones about 4 months ago 68 reads 0 comments
Voeckler Survives Windy Stage 5, Armstrong Remains Second Overall

One day after the dramatic team time trail run, the Tour returned to business as usual for stage Five, a 122-mile journey from Le Cap d'Agde to Perpignan...

Written by Mike Jones about 4 months ago 106 reads 0 comments
Phil Liggett Exhausts World's Supply of Cycling Analogies (Satire)

After nearly four decades as the preeminent voice of professional cycling, Phil Liggett recently used up the last cycling analogy available.Experts had warned Liggett in recent years that cycling performance analogy resources were running dangerously low.

Written by Le Lanterne Rouge about 4 months ago 865 reads 2 comments
Tour De France; Lance The New Leader Of Astana?

Stage Four of the Tour de France has given the cycling world, and especially casual fans, just what they wanted. Team Astana won the time trial and Lance Armstrong came up just short of wearing that yellow jersey that he is so familiar with...

Written by Don Fish about 4 months ago 524 reads 0 comments
The Miracle Man: Lance Armstrong Nearly Nabs the Yellow Jersey

Much too often these days we tend to use other worldly superlatives to explain the things we see in the crucible of sport: the “miracle catch,” the “miracle hit,” the “miracle shot...

Written by Daniel Muth about 4 months ago 642 reads 22 comments
Team Time Trial Returns For Stage Four

For the first time in three years, the team time trial has returned to the Tour de France. But unlike previous years, the performance of the teams may have a significant outcome on the individual standings...

Written by Mike Jones about 4 months ago 427 reads 0 comments
Visiting Americans “Totally Blank” on What to Write on Giro Course (Satire)

Visiting American cycling fans Tony Marzavas and Mark Horton were recently frustrated as they tried to think of something clever to write on the Giro d'Italia course...

Written by Le Lanterne Rouge about 6 months ago 120 reads 1 comments
Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France...Wee, Monsieur

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong believes French doping officials may ban him from the 2009 Tour because of disagreements over a recent drug test...

Written by Jeffrey Boswell about 7 months ago 2,199 reads 0 comments
Alberto Contador Takes Second Pais Vasco Title, Dominates TT

Becoming the first rider in the race's history to take a second consecutive win, Alberto Contador (Astana) put in a dominating performance on the final day's time trial to win his second Vuelta a Pais Vasco title...

Written by James Thompson about 7 months ago 117 reads 5 comments
Alberto Contador in Control Once Again in Spain

Astana's stage-race dominance in the pro peloton is continuing this week with yet another stage-race in Spain, the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, or Tour of the Basque Country, the northern, culturally ...

Written by James Thompson about 7 months ago 45 reads 0 comments
Cycling's Sages: Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut*

Armstrong, Hincapie, Leipheimer, Voigt, McEwen. Just a few of cycling’s elder statesmen that are still mixing it up and dishing it out in what is supposed to be the twilight of their careers...

Written by Le Lanterne Rouge about 7 months ago 177 reads 1 comments

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Astana Article Archive

Cycling's Impending Shakeup: Looking Ahead at 2010

The Alternative Tour De France, The One Race Lance Armstrong Has Never Won...

Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador Already Butting Heads

The Top Tour de France Stories You Didn't Hear About

Tour de France Withdrawal Begins Today

Despite The Success, Astana Looks Set To Implode In The Wake Of Le Tour

Armstrong Wins 44th Tour de France on Eve of 100th Birthday (Satire)

Contador Arrested for Series of Attacks on Quiet French Village (Satire)

Armstrong's True Plan Revealed?

Alberto Contador: Future Cycling Legend

Levi Leipheimer Slams Contador's Tactics

Lance Armstrong Not Ready to Go Away Yet

Lance Armstrong Admits Alberto Contador is "Best Rider in the Race"

Thor Hushovd Outsprints Main Field, Wins Stage Six

Voeckler Survives Windy Stage 5, Armstrong Remains Second Overall

Phil Liggett Exhausts World's Supply of Cycling Analogies (Satire)

Tour De France; Lance The New Leader Of Astana?

The Miracle Man: Lance Armstrong Nearly Nabs the Yellow Jersey

Team Time Trial Returns For Stage Four

Visiting Americans “Totally Blank” on What to Write on Giro Course (Satire)

Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France...Wee, Monsieur

Alberto Contador Takes Second Pais Vasco Title, Dominates TT

Alberto Contador in Control Once Again in Spain

Cycling's Sages: Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut*

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