Like most Americans, I like to wake up to a steaming cup of coffee, crack open my laptop, and peruse my trusted news website, Le Quotidien. And there, Google-translated straight from the horse’s mouth, I found Andy “anger in my stomach” Schleck stating he and his brother are...

A press release sent by the Team Astana management used a phrase that was as obvious as Andy Schleck’s attack on the Col du Tourmalet. “Alberto Contador no longer wishes to ride for the Astana team with whom he won two Tours de France, the Giro d’Italia and Tour Spain. For...

Another Tour de France is in the books and I’ll spare you the controversial chain-gate and jersey-gate stories. I’m also not going to wax philosophical about Lance Armstrong’s last Tour de France and the future of cycling. Hell, I’m not even going to bother talking...

Well I called it wrong the other day. I looked into my Magic 8-Ball and asked, “Will Lance attack on stage 13?” The answer was in the affirmative but I guess even Magic 8-Balls have an off day. Then Armstrong, in what later was described as a planned attack, joined a break that...

With Lance Armstrong’s European racing retirement just a couple of weeks away, what’s up next for the seven-time Tour de France champion? At this point rumors abound on what his next move might be. In the short term he’s still racing the Tour and with his chance of winning...

This was the stage where the Tour de France was truly going to start. Stage 8 offered up two category 1 climbs–guaranteed to shake up the general classification. Little did we know that this stage was now going to be forever known as the place where Lance Armstrong’s Tour de...

With six days of racing behind us Lance Armstrong has found himself in a position he’s never been in before since his winning streak at the Tour started in 1999 – behind the eight-ball with options to advance toward the top of the general classification running out. In pre-race...

If Garmin-Transitions rider Christian Vande Velde didn’t have bad luck he’d have no luck at all. It’s as if he was hexed by a wandering gypsy, forever cursing him to start Grand Tours with short-lived hope and promise. This is a list of his injuries so far this year: a...

It’s go time in Rotterdam! All the pundits have weighed in with their obligatory Tour de France general classification picks and I’m giddy like a teenage girl waiting for the midnight showing of Twilight. Now all that we can do is wait for the first rider to roll off the...

When Ghana eliminated the U.S. it also eliminated my interest (and probably most Americans’) in the World Cup. I’ll admit it – I was using World Cup soccer as a crutch. It was a means for me to not fixate on the Tour and constantly ruminate on different possible scenarios...