After much speculation Lance is going to ride for Astana in 2009. The seven times Tour de France winner wants to highlight his fight against cancer by stepping back on his bike. 

I can only take my hat off for him and wish him all the best with raising further awareness for cancer and at the same time I hope he can make the Tour de France a bit more exciting in comparison with the last few years. The Tour de France has not been the same again without him. 

Wouldn't it be nice if he, at the age of 37, goes even faster to the top on the Alpe d'Huez then his fellow competitors - Carlos Sastre was this year more than 90 seconds slower than Lance in 2001!

This could only mean a good thing for the Cycling sport to me.

For more on this have a look here, here and on the LiveStrong website. Have a look at my recent book review.

Go Lance!