Lance Armstrong will race against the past two Tour de France winners when the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon begins Monday.
The seven-time Tour champion will line up against Spanish cyclists Carlos Sastre (2008) and Alberto Contador (2007) for the first time since his return this season after three and a half years in retirement.
The 37-year-old Armstrong finished 125th in the Milan-San Remo classic on Saturday, his first race in Europe since his comeback from retirement.
“(The race) will give me a real indication of where I am. I think … Details
British sprinter Mark Cavendish won the Milan-San Remo race on Saturday at his first attempt as Lance Armstrong finished well off the pace.
The 23-year-old fastman outpowered German Heinrich Haussler to notch his first major Classic victory by less than half a wheel after 298 km of racing. Norwegian Thor Hushovd was third.
Seven-times Tour de France winner Armstrong lost touch with the leading pack …Â Details
Police in Austria have arrested an unidentified professional cyclist for allegedly supplying doping substances to other riders over an extended period of time.
Public prosecutors in Vienna on Friday said a 32-year-old Austrian cyclist, who was only identified as “K,†was arrested on charges of systematically supplying others with banned performance-enhancing substances EPO and testosterone.
Prosecutor Gerhard Jarosch said the cyclist was …Â Details
Lance Armstrong was only trying to help Alberto Contador when he said last week that the Spanish rider “still has a lot to learn.â€
“I didn’t mean it as a criticism per se,†Armstrong said Friday in a news conference ahead of the Milan-San Remo, his first race in Europe following 3 1/2 years of retirement.
Last week, Contador lost 3 minutes and the yellow jersey on the penultimate day of the Paris-Nice. Contador said he ran out of energy, forgetting to …Â Details