Seven-time Tour of France winner Lance Armstrong believes, at 38, he has little chance of beating arch-rival Alberto Contador of Spain to win an eighth title this year.

On Saturday’s decisive stage of the Tour Down Under on Willunga Hill, Cadel Evans attacked. In his rainbow jersey, representing his world champion status, Evans went some way to repairing the unjust persona that the Australian public has formed of the Tour de France runner-up.

Lance Armstrong is in the unusual position this week of helping drive the “train” rather than benefitting from its horsepower.

Sporting celebrity hero worship is a funny thing. So many of us do it, yet it is something we often chastise. And few athletes typify this dichotomy like Lance Armstrong.

Lance Armstrong continues to rate Cadel Evans as a serious Tour de France rival, despite the Australians’ poor result last year.

Lance Armstrong has brushed off a taunt from arch-rival Alberto Contador that the Spaniard’s increased popularity was thanks to the seven-times Tour de France winner.

Lance Armstrong expects the build-up to this year’s Tour de France to be “Ali-Frazier” in intensity as his rivalry with Alberto Contador keeps growing.

The guesswork has gone for cycling star Lance Armstrong as he returns to Adelaide for his second Tour Down Under.

Australian cyclist Allan Davis has plenty of reason to celebrate after signing to join crack Pro Tour team Astana led by Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.

As fans and rivals know only too well, Lance Armstrong is not used to coming second best. But in what proved to be a bumper year for cycling, with serious progress apparently being made to beat the drugs cheats, the record seven-time winner of the Tour de France had to, for once, play second fiddle.

Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong will go head-to-head with Australia’s world champion Cadel Evans in the Tour Down Under in January.

Cadel Evans admits he’s taking a risk by switching to ride for ambitious, but relatively unproven, American outfit BMC Racing Team. But it’s a gamble he’s happy to take as he pursues his dream of winning the Tour de France.

Britain’s new Team Sky has emerged as a likely new home for Australian cycling star Cadel Evans in his Tour de France title quest after he opted to quit Silence-Lotto.

Recently-crowned world road race champion Cadel Evans said winning the coveted rainbow jersey will not change his ambitions to win the Tour de France.

Cadel Evans fought back tears after answering his knockers with a storming victory to become Australia’s first professional cycling road race world champion.

At the age of 36 and after 17 years in elite cycling, Australian stalwart Stuart O’Grady still has the hunger.

News that seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will substitute for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa in next month’s European Grand Prix at Valencia, is the desperately needed injection of excitement the sport has craved after months of confusion over its relevance in world sport and, indeed, its very future post 2009.

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador on Monday launched a stinging attack on teammate Lance Armstrong, saying relations between the two were tense throughout the race.

Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme was understandably cautious after celebrating a scandal-free 96th edition on Sunday.

A jubilant Alberto Contador claimed his second Tour de France yellow jersey here Sunday to hand Spain their fourth consecutive victory in the world’s biggest bike race.