Lance Armstrong will be joined by 2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro at the Town Down Under next month in Australia.
Pereiro, who won after Floyd Landis was stripped of the championship, will lead the Caisse d'Epargne team, while Armstrong will ride for Astana.
It's the first time that two Tour de France winners …
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Cycling enthusiasts — and Lance-o-philes — can tune in to the Versus cable network for daily half-hour updates from the Tour Down Under, which rolls out Jan. 18-25, 2009.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is making his comeback to pro cycling in the South Australia race, suddenly making the week-long stage race more noteworthy that usual.
The times for the Tour Down Under listed on the Versus TV schedule (all times are Eastern time zone…
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Organizers of a community bicycle ride associated with Australia's Tour Down Under are reporting record interest in the event this year and expect to cut off participation at 5,000 cyclists.
Some 3,500 cyclists already have registered for the Mutual Community Challenge, and tour officials are attributing the greater interest to Lance Armstrong's participation in the 2009 Tour Down Under, which runs from Jan. 20-25.
The community bike race is similar to the Tour de France's popular L'Etape du Tour, in which amateur cyclists ride a stage of that the pros will tackle later …
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Well, that bit of drama is over. The UCI has agreed to let Lance Armstrong make his official return to professional cycling at Australia's Tour Down Under, beginning Jan. 20.
The next question is: Will the Tour de France organizers allow Team Astana and Armstrong to participate in the Tour in July?
Professional cycling's governing body shortened the customary 6-month notification period that returning cyclists need to file in order to let Armstrong ride. Due to his Aug. 1 notification, he wouldn't have been eligible to race until Feb. 1 …
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Lance Armstrong's first pro cycling race in 2009 could be Australia's Tour Down Under, known as the first stop on the world cycling calendar.
Race director Mike Turtur told the Sydney Morning Herald that Armstrong has told officials he'd like to compete in the six-day stage bicycle race across South Australia that rolls out Jan. 20 – 25, just four months away.
Perhaps we'll know more about Armstrong's schedule next Wednesday when he's expected to announce more details about his intentions.
Official tour operator
Interestingly, the Tour Down Under recently accredited a US tour operator for the first time to offer vacation packages to the race — Trek Travel. …
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