Just because he’s lean and ripped and far more fit than he’s ever been at this time of year, Lance Armstrong won’t necessarily regain the form that won him seven Tours de France. Just because those questions about his past have faded from the foreground, they haven’t necessarily gone away. And while none of them care to be quoted, there are plenty of cycling people who wish he’d leave and not come back. He is a magnet for attention that might otherwise redound to more deserving riders — guys like his Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer, who on Sunday clinched his third straight victory in the Amgen Tour of California, but whose next mention in this story is more than a thousand words away. But give Armstrong this: …Â More info
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Malibu Canyon Road just north of Los Angeles is a heavily traveled road that connects the beach to inland areas, with lots of twists and turns and serious sharp drops through the Santa Monica Mountains.
It’s scary enough to drive some days, especially when the weather isn’t good. Now imagine going down this same road, flat on your back on a wooden board with four wheels between you and the road, and maybe a helmet. …Â More info