Lance is Back!

The rumors are true: Lance Armstrong is returning to professional cycling. 

Lance Armstrong celebrates his 7th Tour de France win.

True, I am a few days late with "breaking" this news, but I still felt I needed to mention it. The reasons for his return are twofold. The obvious reason is to win the Tour de France again, which would be a record 8th time (He already holds the record for winning it 7 times). Also, in doing so he wants to prove that he wasn't doping and isn't doping and that he can win without drugs. With how laden professional cycling has been with doping charges, this is very welcomed. Rumors are that he will post his drug tests online so that everyone can view them. This is a very positive step in professional cycling, especially when considering what Team Slipstream (now Team Garmin/Chipotle) has been doing this year already.

Well, enough of my talking about it. To find out more about it from Lance himself, check out his Livestrong blog.

Fantasy Cycling: Final Update

So, for those of you who have been checking back incessantly, so as to find out how my fantasy cycling team did...well, I'll give you a hint: I got beasted. Yep, that's pretty much how it went down, Trinity even did better than me. I had a few good stages, but nothing spectacular and overall in my league of 3 I was last place.

Next year will be better though. Next year...

Fantasy Cycling: Update 2

So, the first 4 stages of Le Tour de France are now done. Today was the individual time trial (ITT) and it shook things up quite a bit. I did much better today, though, earning 247 points by having 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 9th place as starters on my team today (you only get points when riders place in the top 15 riders on any particular stage).

After today's stage, though, the rosters get locked in everyone is reset to zero. In case anyone is wondering, my 15 riders are:

David Millar

Fabian Cancellara

Denis Menchov

George Hincapie

Damiano Cunego

Alejandro Valverde

Filippo Pozzato

Yaroslav Popovych

Robbie McEwen

Jens Voigt

Jose Ivan Gutierrez

Christopher Froome

Egoi Martinez

Inaki Isasi

David De La Fuente

It's not too late to join the fantasy cycling challenge. Just go here. However, you do need to put your team together before midnight tonight, as that's when it gets all locked up.

Fantasy Cycling: Update 1

So, after the first stage of the Tour de France I racked up a woping 46 points. You may be thinking, "Thomas, that doesn't sound too bad." Well, I would think that too, if the first place team didn't have 529 points and I weren't in 617th place.

Oh well, the first 4 stages are practice rounds. I'm trying to work out the kinks and be ready for stage 5.

More updates to come.

Fantasy Cycling?

That's right, there really is such a thing as fantasy cycling. I guess it was only a matter of time.

I've never done any other fantasy leagues before, but am stoked about this one. I've put my team together for the 2008 Tour de France, which starts Saturday. 

2008 Tour de France Route

You can check out the fantasy cycling challenge here. 

I've created a league, so if you're interested leave a comment with your name and e-mail address and I'll send you the league name and password.

For more Tour information check out the Versus website.

Who is your favorite for this year's Tour?