Tour de France

Ah Ha! Moment: Armstrong Confesses to Oprah

Two people had a discussion last night that has been a long time coming. A question was asked and with an answer in the affirmative, their entire relationship changed. Though the description sounds like a delightful marriage proposal, this was actually a television interview. "Yes." With one word ... More >>

Forget Cycling: Lance Armstrong's Complicated Legacy

Not to steal some thunder from Lance Armstrong before his big confession to Oprah is aired tonight--the Manti Te'o story has already done that--but I must make a confession of my own. I've got to get this monkey off my back. I've got to free myself of the burden I've been carrying around for so long ... More >>

The Least Likely Music Headlines of 2013

For the last six months, the Sound of the City Supercomputer (a 1998 Compaq Presario) has been analyzing the structure and content of every pop news headline in the world in order to create a highly detailed predictive model of the music industry. While this project has important practical uses, suc ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Sends Out a Taunting Photo

As part of his Twitter feed this weekend, Lance Armstrong sent out a photo of himself reclining in front of the seven Tour de France jerseys he won. He captioned the photo, "Back in Austin and just layin' around." The image seems to be a defiant, perhaps downright bratty statement that's basically ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Resigns From Foundation, Loses Nike and Michelob Endorsements in Doping Scandal

Disgraced Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong resigned today as chairman from the cancer foundation he helped create, and learned that Nike had cut ties with him in the wake of a damning report about his use of banned performance enhancing drugs. Armstrong will remain on the board of the Livestr ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Gives Up, And So Do We

The Daily News jumped the gun with its cover this morning -- no, Lance Armstrong has not been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Not yet, anyway. Last night, Armstrong threw in the towel with a defensive statement posted to the Internet, saying that he was no longer going to fight the dop ... More >>

Nine French Restaurants Celebrate Tomato Season

[See More Events: Free Pickle, Mustard, and Herring Ice Cream at Ripley's | Le Fooding Has Big Plans for Brooklyn] The Tour de France Restaurant Group will be celebrating tomato season with a Tomato Festival at their nine restaurants throughout Manhattan from August 15 through August 24. August i ... More >>

But Where Do They Rank In Bullfighting?

No Spaniards finished high up in the First Stage of the 2012 Tour de France - which is perhaps something of a surprise considering a Spanish rider has won four of the previous six races (that would be five of the last six, but Alberto Contrador had his 2010 title stripped when he tested positive for ... More >>

CINEMA ON TWO WHEELS

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The Sieben Greatest Kraftwerk Samples

Kraftwerk fever might have ruffled many of you the prickly way, what with the Great Unobtainable Online Tickets Ruse blighting the band's series of eight chronological album-by-album shows at MoMA this week. But let's look on the bright side! Over the years the Dusseldorf dance merchants have churne ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Invites You To Go On a Run With Him Today

​What are you up to this afternoon? If you're anything like us, you'll be watching an illegally downloaded copy of The Smurfs 3D while eating the party sub you've been saving since Bastille Day. If you're feeling a little more active, Lance Armstrong has cordially asked you to run through New ... More >>

American Drones Carry Out Strikes in Somalia; Maria Shriver Files for Divorce

​The United States has stepped up efforts against Islamic extremist groups in Somalia, the New York Times reports. Unmanned drone attacks late last month marked the first American military action in the nation since 2009. Shabab members were targeted after reports that the group was carrying ... More >>

Vegan Tour de France Cyclist Probably Thinks He's Better Than Us

Keep pedalling, we're almost at Whole Foods!​Don't you hate it when your vegan buddies hold their dietary practices over you? And don't you despise that guy who completes the Tour de France and acts like he's the man just because he successfully finished the single most grueling test of human ... More >>

Lance Armstrong and His Accusers: Processing the Unthinkable

Lance Armstrong, flanked by two guys accusing him of nothing. Yet.​During Lance Armstrong's recent comeback, the Voice kept a fairly close eye on him. Despite what some commenters seemed to believe, we actually have admired the man and his incredible cycling exploits. For years, of course, Ar ... More >>

Eat Some Funky Funk Before the Stinky Cheese Festival Ends

recipetips.comEpoisses = smells like butt, tastes good​The Stinky Cheese Festival is ending this Friday, which means there're only two days left to indulge in funky-smelling dairy products. Created by Tour de France, the company that owns Francophilic restaurants like Café d'Alsace, French R ... More >>

Lance Armstrong in 39 Quotes

​To celebrate Lance Armstrong's 39th birthday, Cyclingnews writer Peter Cossins has put together 39 of the cyclist's best quotes that span his long winning career. The collection of utterances neatly describes the highs and lows of Armstrong's storied career, from his first Tour de France sta ... More >>

Lance Armstrong and Nicolas Sarkozy: Two Old Dudes on Bikes

The king of cycling meets the president of France​At home, we get to watch the Tour de France on a giant TV in glorious HD. But at work, we're forced to find pirated live streams on our desktop from all kinds of sources. For this morning's epic showdown on the Tourmalet between Andy Schleck an ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Shows Class as Tour de France Becomes 2-Man Race

Cyclingnews.com/Roberto BettiniAnother Frenchman wins a stage​Nursing a saddle sore and aches and pains left over from too many crashes to count, it would have been all too easy for Lance Armstrong, now that he's no longer in the hunt for the overall lead, to pack up his bike and go home with ... More >>

Lance Armstrong in the Mountains: The Real Race Begins

​What to look for in today's first mountain stage of the Tour de France... We'll see a mad dash for the polka dot King of the Mountains jersey, currently worn by French rider Jérôme Pineau. But the real race to watch involves just a few men who will be testing each other over the six substa ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Facing Hecklers and a Doubting Press

Cyclingnews.com/Roberto Bettini​As the Tour de France settles into a more normal first-week routine of long breakaway attempts and nervy sprint finishes, the cycling press has time to wonder: did a flat tire on Tuesday's chaotic cobblestoned stage doom Lance Armstrong's chance to win his final ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Survives Another Day of Crashes; French Rider Now in Yellow

Cyclingnews.com/Roberto Bettini​Everyone in the Tour de France fell down and broke their necks yesterday. After choking down giant plates of pasta, enduring some massages, and managing a few hours of sleep, they will all be back on their bikes today for even more wipeouts and compound fracture ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Avoids Pile-Ups To Stay In Strong Contention

Cyclingnews.com/Fotoreporter SirottiIt was Eddy Merckx day at the Tour​It was old-timer's day at the Tour de France yesterday, in more ways than one. Not only is Lance Armstrong, at 38, trying to become the oldest winner ever in his final Tour, but on a day meant to be an homage to the greates ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Starts Tour de France Strong, Calls 1-2 Finish, Too

Cyclingweekly.com​Thanks to the New York Times, we all know it was the small electric motor hidden in his downtube which allowed Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara to power his way to a win in yesterday's Tour de France prologue. The world time-trial champion blew away the rest of the field on t ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Slimed on Eve of Tour by French Journalists Rupert Murdoch

​Ah, the classic French assault on Lance Armstrong as he's walking to the starting gate of the Tour de France! It seemed to happen every year when the Texan was ripping up the record book at the hallowed French race. On the eve of the event, Le Monde would publish some explosive new allegatio ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Will Not Win the Tour de France (Tomorrow's Stage, That Is)

Lance on a funny bike in the good old days​The Tour de France begins tomorrow with a short race of 8 kilometers -- called a prologue -- through the streets of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (No one in the Netherlands cares the slightest bit about this as, right at this moment, the country's team ... More >>

Former Dopers Looking for Glory in This Year's Tour de France

​Most of the Lance Armstrong news today is about his Twitter announcement yesterday that this year's Tour de France will be his last. (A typical write-up, from the BBC.) But with just a few days to the start of this year's three-week epic, there were some other items of interest...

Lance Armstrong's Duel with Former Teammate Looming, Signs Are Iffy

​We'll be keeping an eye on what journalists and cycling pundits around the world are saying as 2010's much-anticipated Tour de France nears. This year's edition starts Saturday, July 3 with a prologue, a short spin of 8 kilometers, around Rotterdam in the Netherlands. For Americans, the most ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Mildly Zinged by Andy Samberg in I Love You, Man DVD

​Professional cycling goes on even after the Tour de France, but you'd never know if if all you did was follow Lance Armstrong. Even before his comeback, he rarely took part in late-season events after the Tour was finished. So there's little news to report about what Armstrong is up to these days ... More >>

No Admiration for Armstrong? Thank You, Alberto Contador!

​You've probably already heard the news that Alberto Contador, the 2009 Tour de France champion, returned to his home country of Spain yesterday and promptly trashed Lance Armstrong, the teammate who helped him win his second Tour championship.What a pendejo, our friend Gustavo "Ask a Mexican" Are ... More >>

Live-Blogging the Armstrong Comeback: Ventoux!

​Well, this is what we've all been waiting for.For the first time ever, the final Saturday in a Tour de France features a high mountain climb, and what a climb! Mont Ventoux is about to begin, and we're ready: we have our coffee and the race playing on Versus.When this course was announced last fa ... More >>

Jockbeat: French Liking Lance Armstrong More This Time

 Are the French finally softening towards Lance Armstrong? Our correspondent in Paris, Bill Strickland, editor-at-large of Bicycling Magazine and co-author  of We Might as Well Win (which chronicles Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories), told us from France just thirty minutes ago th ... More >>

Live-Blogging the Armstrong Comeback: Verbier!

Sipping coffee this morning with Versus on the telly. The Tour de France should become a brutal slugfest in another hour or so, and we figured we'd tap out a few notes as it happens...For some background, take a look at our recent posts on the great French race, or look at our full archives of the A ... More >>

Lance Armstrong: Don't Blame Me, George!

The Tour de France got a lot more interesting today, one day ahead of schedule.We already knew that tomorrow's stage into the Swiss Alps would turn up the fireworks in what has been a "slightly boring" race (according to Armstrong himself).The surprise today was that Lance's old teammate George Hinc ... More >>

Lance Armstrong is Bored

We've been thinking it, but Lance went ahead and said it.At the end of today's stage of the Tour de France, which is now nearing the end of its second of three weeks, the seven-time winner used his Twitter account to sum up his feelings about today's leg of the legendary race:"Wet and cold. And slig ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Unleashed: A Brief Guide to the Tour de France

Tomorrow, Lance Armstrong begins cultural learnings of the Tour de France for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan.The 7-time champion is making his return to the Tour as part of a rocky comeback that has included a broken collarbone, some flashes of brilliance, and steadily improving results. ... More >>

Lance Armstrong On Trial In Italy (UPDATED)

As we noted several months ago, this year's Giro d'Italia -- Italy's answer to the Tour de France -- was given a very strange layout to celebrate the race's centenary.That layout was designed before race organizers knew that Lance Armstrong was going to make a comeback and race in the Giro for the f ... More >>

Vecsey Gives Lance Armstrong a Nice Trim

UPDATE: Armstrong responds to the controversy. See end of post.George Vecsey has an interesting column today about something that apparently has the French press in a tizzy: when Lance Armstrong was surprised last month by a French cycling official who showed up and asked for samples for a drug test ... More >>

The Absurdly Low Price of Lance's Recovered Bike

The New York Post this morning -- and others, including the Associated Press -- are reporting that Lance Armstrong's time trial bike, which was stolen after the Tour of California prologue in Sacramento, was recovered when a man, not the thief, turned it in to Sacto cops.The bike, the story says, wa ... More >>

Lance Armstrong: The Straight Dope

What a strange reunion is taking place for three cycling legends this weekend in California:  --Lance Armstrong, the 7-time Tour de France winner who is staging a comeback at 37 in part to prove that he's a clean rider and no doper, despite a controversial 2005 report claiming that he'd used th ... More >>

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