Lance Armstrong

 CA Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 1:19. 1. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 86 hours, 3 minutes, 11 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 41 seconds behind; 3. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, 1:59; 4. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo, ...

 CA Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 1:19. 1. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 86 hours, 3 minutes, 11 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 41 seconds behind; 3. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, 1:59; 4. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo, ...

 CA Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 1:19. 1. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 86 hours, 3 minutes, 11 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 41 seconds behind; 3. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, 1:59; 4. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo, ...

 CA Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 1:19. 1. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 86 hours, 3 minutes, 11 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 41 seconds behind; 3. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, 1:59; 4. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo, ...

 CA Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 1:19. 1. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 86 hours, 3 minutes, 11 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 41 seconds behind; 3. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, 1:59; 4. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo, ...

By Gene Bisbee Second place Danilo Di Luca attacked Menchov with all his power on the 15-mile climb, but Menchov seemed to effortlessly stay on his rival's rear wheel. Stefano Garzelli and Ivan Basso joined that chase group that loosely crossed the finish about 42 seconds behind Pellizotti.

 OH Plenty of cycling news today as Mark Cavendish takes his third stage and promptly drops out of the race, Lance Armstrong boycotts the press and they boycott Twitter, Danilo Di Luca and Levi Leipheimer exchange words (in a manner of speaking) are more. ...

By Gene Bisbee As promised, the Stage 12 individual time trial shook up the standings of the 2009 Giro d'Italia as Danilo Di Luca finally gave up his pink leader's jersey to Denis Menchov, left. Comeback cyclist Lance Armstrong gained more ground on Wednesday, increasing his position to 12th in the over...

 UK Lance Armstrong, Ivan Basso and Danilo Di Luca all issued apologies of some sort or other on the rest day, while maintaining their initial point that the Milan circuit had been unsafe. But they under-estimated the anger of the fans and media. ...

By Gene Bisbee The whole world was watching as the cyclists pedaled along at a leisurely 21-23 mph for lap after lap. In fact, the entire peloton stopped before completing the 4th lap, and race leader Danilo Di Luca took the microphone: Some cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, had been critical of the...

Di Luca thinks that Lance Armstrong will still aim for a stage win sometime during the race. Speeds apparently reached over 117 km/h on the descent into Mayrhofen today. Everyone is anticipating changes in the Astana team jersey by the weekend. ... CNN - The Times

By Gene Bisbee No one could match Russian cyclist Denis Menchov's burst of speed inside the last mile on the way to winning Stage 5's mountaintop finish at the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday. The most well-known Astana team member, comeback cyclist Lance Armstrong, failed to hang on ...

By Gene Bisbee American Lance Armstrong, who started the day in 5th overall, stayed in the middle of a chase group all day, but was content to let the others attack in the steep final few kilometers. He finished 15 seconds behind the winner and dropped to 6th place overall. ...