Armstrong coming back??

[Blueberry]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/26609987/

Seems he's planning to ride in the 09 TDF.

CA

[Jiffer]

Wow, that's HUGE!!! Last I heard, Floyd Landis was going to be eligible to to the Tour de France again next year and I know he wants to do it again to prove himself. I wonder what Armstrong coming back will mean in relation to Landis.

Hmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!! Very exciting news. Hope it's factual. I found an article on the Fox news site, as well.

[ttaylor508]

I can hardly wait until next year. What an exciting TDF 2009 will be!!!! DH has been speculating for years that he would make a come back.

[sundial]

VeloNews, which said Vanity Fair will publish an extensive article detailing Armstrong’s comeback, said the cyclist will race for no salary or bonuses and post his internally tested blood work online.

Interesting! I couldn't imagine Lance staying out of professional cycling for long. It's his lifeblood.

[Flur]

Internally tested boodwork? What does that mean? Does that mean that he's testing in addition to the sanctioned tests (like Slipstream) or instead of?

[SadieKate]

Internally tested boodwork? What does that mean? Does that mean that he's testing in addition to the sanctioned tests (like Slipstream) or instead of?

"Bruyneel also enlisted respected Danish researcher Rasmus Damsgaard to implement an independent internal anti-doping program as Damsgaard first did with Team CSC."

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf200...ory?id=3474241

[SheFly]

I hate to be the lone dissenter here, but I really wish it weren't true. This year's Tour was SO FUN to watch, with no clear winner until the very final week. And what might Lance's signing with Astana mean to Levi and Alberto? Levi definitely has the talent to win this on his own, and may now have to play a support role to Lance, again?

I actually may be less inclined to watch next year if he does make a comeback.

SheFly

[Norse]

Sounds like it might be true: http://www.velonews.com/article/8289...ng-coming-back

[Aggie_Ama]

I hope so since it might help save the Tour of Georgia! My husband wanted to go there since it is staged right around his birthday and he has never been.

[vinbek]

http://www.velonews.com/article/8289...ng-coming-back

I heard Heath Net/Maxxis is gone after this year; so what's up with the Landis/Heath net story?

[BikeDutchess]

Astana team: No plans for Lance to ride with us

Y'gotta love all the rumors!

[bluebug32]

Interesting. So then if he doesn't win with all the heightened doping controls does that mean that he was doping for the last seven?

[Flur]

Interesting. So then if he doesn't win with all the heightened doping controls does that mean that he was doping for the last seven?

I'm not 100% convinced that he didn't dope during his previous wins. I'm curious to see how this goes for him.

[TxDoc]

Confirmed by Lance...
http://livestrongblog.org/2008/09/09...sional-cycling

[VeloVT]

Astana team: No plans for Lance to ride with us

This story is hitting me emotionally at the level of celebrity gossip right now, I'm not having a strong reaction one way or the other. You can choose to read something about the way I feel about Lance Armstrong into that if you wish.

But this caught my attention from the article above:

"Armstrong did not immediately respond to a text message [...] left by the AP. "

So the AP is text messaging people for stories now??? Would YOU respond to a text message from the AP? I sure wouldn't -- sounds like a great way to get a really unflattering quote taken completely out of context... and what an invasion of privacy... it just seems totally beyond...