Tour de France Professional Cycling Race

Tour de France Wannabes Ride On as Drugs Taint Pros (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Kopinski whipped out his BlackBerry and e-mailed friends that he was ``feeling like a rock star'' after three of five climbs in last July's L'Etape du Tour, an event for amateur cyclists over the same Pyrenees mountain course the Tour de France followed a week later.

CYCLING: WADA spends more than $1 million fighting Landis (Everett Herald)
LONDON -- The World Anti-Doping Agency has spent more than $1 million helping fight the appeal by Floyd Landis of the decision stripping him of the 2006 Tour de France title for a doping offense.

Fluffy towels, memorable meals perks of supported cycling (CNN.com)
(AP) -- On a supported bike tour, you don't have to worry about smelling like road kill after days upon days of cycling. There will be opportunities to shower along the way.

Celebrating with Lance (Velo News)
“Ten laps to go,” Lance Armstrong joked as he led off a string of two dozen invited guests on a ride around the 5-mile mountain-bike loop that circles his 444-acre ranch in the Texas Hill Country. It was Mother’s Day morning, and the seven-time Tour de France champion was having fun with friends, including many from the bike industry, who were helping him celebrate the opening of his new Austin ...