There are only 2 sleeps.

Lance Armstrong leads the peloton in Troyes – Tour de France 2005. Photo by Buzz Bishop

Only 2 sleeps until I get married and 2 sleeps until Lance Armstrong goes for a mind blowing 8th Tour de France title.

Who am I kidding? Lance in Le Tour 2009 is all about cancer awareness and maybe, just maybe a few stage wins. Lance Armstrong is 3rd on the Astana pecking order behind Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer.

A win for Lance in Le Tour would be amazing not only because of his age and time off between title defenses, but because of the politics within his own peloton that he would have to overcome to allow a title ride.

TV coverage of Le Tour de France 2009 starts at 630a Pacific on OLN on Saturday morning with Le Grand Depart, a time trial in Monaco. I’ll be up. Will you?

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