Lance Armstrong is back on schedule in his Tour de France preparations.
Two months ago, the seven-time Tour winner fell and broke his collarbone at a race in Spain, jeopardizing his entire comeback after three and a half years of retirement.
Now, in the third week of the Giro d’Italia, Armstrong is starting to keep up with the race leaders on the tough climbs.
“It’s exactly what I hoped for,†Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel told The Associated Press on Tuesday during the Giro’s second rest day.
“I didn’t hope for a great result in the Giro. I didn’t expect him to be … Details
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen will resume cycling next week and his team Quick Step said Monday it could take legal action if necessary to get him into the Tour de France despite his second positive cocaine test in as many years.
Boonen drew a heavy fine from his team on top of his suspension after his failed test last month. But Quick Step said its top rider would resume cycling at a local race in Gullegem on June 2 before heading to the Dauphine Libere, a preparation race for the Tour.
Tour organizers have already said they would …Â Details
Frejus, France (Oct. 11, 2008)—The United States continues to displayed its strength in BMX racing as David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) and Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) went one-two in the final round of the 2008 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in France on Saturday. With the victory, Herman moved himself into second-place in the final World Cup standings, only to be bested by Robinson who grabbed the title as Americans swept the first four overall spots. The only American woman in contention, Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah) finished second, which was good enough to earn her the overall Supercross World Cup title on the season.
After qualifying three men for the final, the Americans were one, two and three going into the first turn before Olympian Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas) crashed to remove himself from contention. After qualifying 19th, 20-year-old Herman was able to out sprint Olympic bronze medalist Robinson and Andres Jiminez Caicedo of Columbia to take home his second Supercross World Cup title of the season…Â Details