Astana rider Levi Leipheimer won the second stage of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon cycling race Tuesday, beating teammate Alberto Contador by 16 seconds.
Leipheimer won the 17-mile time trial Tuesday around the northern town of Palencia in 33 minutes, 17.78 seconds. Garmin-Slipstream rider David Zabriskie was third, 22 seconds behind Leipheimer.
Leipheimer, who won the Tour of California this season, leads Contador in the overall standings by 16 seconds…Â Details
Lance Armstrong says racing in the Giro d’Italia in May is still “very doable†even though his broken collarbone is a bit more serious than first thought.
He says new tests show “multiple pieces†of broken bone. Armstrong will have surgery on Wednesday in Austin, and a metal plate will be inserted to stabilize his collarbone… Details
Lance Armstrong’s team manager is confident a broken collarbone won’t prevent the cycling great from riding in the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France.
“I don’t think this changes anything for the Tour de France,†Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said Tuesday. “A broken collarbone in the month of March does not at all compromise the start of the Tour de France or your performance in the Tour de France.â€
The Tour de France runs from July 4-26. The 37-year-old American had planned to …Â Details
You knew it was bad, you knew Lance Armstrong was seriously down in the dumps when he failed to Tweet for almost an entire day.
As anyone knows who has followed it in his oft-updated Twitter account, the Texan’s 3-month-old comeback has had more peaks than valleys. Monday’s crash in the first stage of a minor, five-day Spanish race marks the lowest moment of this audacious experiment. The 37-year-old went down in a pileup and broke his right collarbone clean through. “Surgery in a couple of days,” he finally Tweeted late Monday afternoon. He’ll be out for at least …Â Details