The route for the 2009 Tour de France was announced today and the bookmakers are already handicapping the race.

Next year’s route is more mountainous, with shorter time trials. Most notable is a climb up Mont Ventoux on the penultimate day. (Yahoo/Eurosport)

Obviously, the race will favor a strong climber
Carlos Sastre has as much as said that [...]

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Hurricane Ike swept through a major portion of the U.S. on Sunday. I hope that everyone is okay and didn’t receive any storm damage.Â
Here’s some of the latest cycling news:

We’ll lead with Lance, because he tends to lead when he rides:

CyclingNews now seems to think that Lance is going to race all over. Furthermore, they [...]

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Ahhh. My favorite time of the year. Fall is definitely returning to the Midwest. While this means fewer daylight hours for evening rides, it also means cooler days.
Here’s some of the latest news:

Is he or isn’t he? (He is!) Rumors continue to swirl around about Lance Armstrong’s supposed return to the pro peloton. There’s no [...]

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Here are the latest headlines from across the world of cycling:

At the Tour of Benelux, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) took stage six, while teammate Andre Greipel holds onto the overall lead. In the Stage 7 team trial, Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott - American Beef) took the win, and José Iván Gutierrez (Caisse d’Epargne) took over the [...]

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I’ve been a little tied up with 2009 bikes lately, but the racing goes on:

Gerolsteiner’s Carlo Westphal took his first professional victory in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour, but Andre Greipel of the Columbia team still sits in the lead with an 11 second advantage over Jose Ivan Gutierrez of Caisse d’Epargne. Here’s [...]

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