Team Columbia-High Road racers will be reporting to Bicycling.com throughout the Tour. Here, George Hincapie describes his pre-Tour hopes and strategies.
The Kazakh cyclist faced a ban after testing positive for blood doping at the 2007 Tour de France. Now, he wants to return to the team he helped create.
While Lance Armstrong had a good ride in his return to the Tour de France, teammates Alberto Contador and Andreas Kloden made the most noise in stage one.
Scorching heat and nasty crosswinds helped Mark Cavendish win another sprint and Lance Armstrong move into third overall in stage 3 of the 2009 Tour de France.
Norway's God of Thunder Thor Hushovd outsprints the field to take his first 2009 Tour stage win. Cancellara in yellow, Armstrong in second as mountains loom.
Alberto Contador sped past Lance Armstrong at stage 7 of the Tour de France, bumping him out of second place. Armstrong, however, brushed off concerns.
Alberto Contador used his amazing power-to-weight ratio to accelerate away at the end of stage 7 and send the message that he's the strongest climber at the 2009 Tour de France.
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