[BaBaStooey]

I read Cycle Sport America magazine every month and they have been keeping tabs on the Landis story.

But it is true, you aren't going to find much news on this outside of a cycling-oriented publication.

Also, for those of you who care, Vinokourov destroyed the Vuelta, a field which included Menchov, Rasmussen, Pereiro, Sastre, Boogerd, Dessel, Mayo, Zubeldia, Fothen, and Valverde with his collarbone intact.

I think that had he been allowed to race in the TDF this year, Vino could very well have won the thing, even with half a team.

Also - George Hincapie won the US Championship, and he will get to wear the Stars and Stripes jersey for the next year. It has been a while since it made an appearance at the TDF on Freddie Rodriguez's shoulders.

And - Paolo Bettini of Italy won the World Road Race Championship and will wear the rainbow jersey. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the World Time Trialing Championship and will wear the rainbow jersey in time trials.

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I'm psyched for Hincapie. You're probably right about Vino, but then he wouldn't have been fresh for #3... or is it #2 and the Giro is #3?

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I think that had he been allowed to race in the TDF this year, Vino could very well have won the thing, even with half a team.

Armstrong would have won again if he had not retired, even if Vino and Ullrich had been in.