I’ll leave analysis to my learned colleague. For now, here’s the big news:

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and the organizers of the Tour of Missouri, Sept. 7-13 are on a roll. They’ve added Astana, the team of Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer,…

Carrying a world cancer awareness campaign on his back, without guaranteeing or promising or even seriously discussing an eighth victory in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong came off Wednesday as a humanitarian on a quest to do good (cure…

A rumor about a comeback by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been flitting around in cyberspace for a while, and Velonews.com’s Neal Rogers reports that a comeback is indeed in the works.

According to Rogers, Armstrong will appear in…

We got a couple of good questions through e-mail following the announcement August 4 of the teams that will participate in the Tour of Missouri. They were so good we thought that other folks might be wondering the same things.…

Here’s the scoop from Astana …

Press Release: Nine Riders Re-sign with Team Astana

Astana Cycling Team General Manager Johan Bruyneel announced today that nine riders have re-signed for the 2009 season. Assan Bazayev, Chris Horner, Maxim Iglinskiy, Andreas Klöden, Steve Morabito,…

Astana’s internal anti-doping program has led to the dismissal of Vladimir Gusev by team general manager Johan Bruyneel, according to Agence France Presse.

Gusev’s doping checks showed “abnormal values,” and tho the team stated this is not indicative of banned substances,…

Anyone else out there a little peeved at Alejandro Valverde, showing up THE FIRST DAY of the Tour with a “team” bike decked out with yellow bar tape, a yellow stem and predominantly yellow top tube? Aren’t the rest of…

The only certainty with this year’s three-week bicycle race in France is that last year’s winner won’t win this year.

That would be Alberto Contador of the banned Astana team.

Beyond that, I’d say the two big favourites are last year’s runner-up…

Ol’ 10 Speed has had a few days of R&R from cycle blogging, but my Big Magnus Backstedt is back on its Selle San Marco and I’m dreaming of Foot-Hi Pies at Trailnet’s ride this weekend.

But until then, a little about the…

For more than 20 years, LCL Banque has sponsored perhaps the coolest and certainly one of the most recognizable symbols of excellence in all of sports.

The maillot jaune — i.e., the yellow jersey — of the Tour de France.

First as Crédit…