Astana training ride on Tenerife

Here's Lance Armstrong riding with Levi Leipheimer on an Astana team training ride on Tenerife  in Canary Islands earlier Tuesday.

Those wheels on Leipheimer's bicycle drew a lot of attention when Armstrong posted this to TwitPic. Leipheimer later responded that they were prototypes that he was testing.

Another interesting incident occurred on this ride when a Spanish police stopped a cyclist for riding alongside Armstrong without a helmet.

Turns out it was teammate Chris Horner. Pro cyclists are allowed to ride without helmets in Spain, so he was allowed to go on his way without a ticket.

You can keep up-to-date with the December training session at the Astana website.