Rider of the day - Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong touched down in Ireland yesterday for his last road race of 2009.

Rider of the day - Franco Pellizotti

King of the mountains, Franco Pellizotti.

Rider of the day - David Millar

Team Garmin-Slipstream's David Millar is planning to ride all three grand tours in 2009 - il Giro d'Italia (May), le Tour de France (July) and la Vuelta España (August).

Rider of the day - Carlos Sastre

2008 Tour de France winner, Carlos Sastre.

Rider(s) of the day - Juan Manuel Garate and Tony Martin

First and second on stage 20 - Montelimar to Mont Ventoux.

Rider of the day - Oscar Freire

Three times world champion Oscar Freire was shot in the leg during stage 13.

Rider of the day - "Big" George

George Hincapie fell on stage 17 of this year's Tour de France and rode the rest of the race with a broken collarbone - ouch!

Photo shoot: Tour de France 2009

Super snaps from the slopes of Mont Ventoux.

























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Destination Ventoux

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Daft Punk, Justice, Kraftwork, Alex Gopher, St. Germain, Zombie Nation, Digitalism, and more...

For the perfect soundtrack to this year's Tour de France, tune in.

Tourmalet today...

A few snaps from cafevelo's photo album to get you in the mood for tour de France stage 9, which features the double-billing of Col du Tourmalet...







...and Col d'Aspin




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Climbing Alpe d'Huez the easy way

Google's street view snaps up this year's Tour de France route.

Here comes Le Tour

Only two days to go sports fans, make sure to bookmark the following -

cyclingnews.com
The Guardian
VeloNews
PezCycling News
BBC Cycling
Team Garmin / Chipotle