The penultimate day of the 2009 Tour de France will be a tough mountain stage, placing further doubt on a possible return for Lance Armstrong.
Two Tour de France stage winners - Italy's Leonardo Piepoli and Germany's Stefan Schumacher - test positive for an advanced blood doping product.
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will make his cycling comeback with Kazakhstan's Astana team.
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong confirms his comeback to cycling.
America's Amber Neben wins the women's time trial gold medal at the World Road Championships in Italy.
Officials close to the Kazakh-backed Astana team claim that Lance Armstrong will join the team when he makes his comeback to cycling.
Multiple Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will begin his much-anticipated return to competitive cycling in Australia in January.
Alberto Contador secures overall victory in the Tour of Spain on Sunday to join an elite group of riders.
The Astana team denies US cycling legend Lance Armstrong is planning a Tour de France comeback with them.