Tour de France
In pursuit of Lance Armstrong: A chronicle of cycling’s greatest fraud
Jonathon Gatehouse reviews Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh
Liar, liar, Lance on fire
2012 Newsmakers: Lance Armstrong’s arrogance in the face of incontrovertible truth. Livestrong, as if.
Britain cheers its first ever Tour de France winner
The Olympics in London haven’t even started and yet Britain has already found a new sports icon.
Inside Cervélo: the Canadian maker of some of the world’s fastest bikes
The race is on to make the company, which outfits some of the top riders, a global brand
Ryder Hesjedal: skill, technology, tactics and physiology
The Canadian cyclist’s win at the Giro d’Italia took training, skill and the right genes
The final tour
Accusations of cheating are louder than ever as Lance Armstrong gets on his bike
Megapundit: Samuel de Champlain, yellow margarine and the Council of the Federation
Must-reads: Jonathan Kay on Omar Khadr; Dan Gardner on the Templeton Prize; Jeffrey Simpson on the US economy.
Small Balls: Wednesday July 9, 2008
La première étoile: The Continental Hockey League, or the Russian Super League, or whatever it’s called. Who cares. It’s performing a vital public service by taking on every thug, reject and washed-up problem child the NHL casts off and paying him way too much tax-free money to lace up—with all due apologies to Yammy Jagr. The latest are Ray Emery and Chris Simon. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Theo Fleury?