Alpe d'Huez, the Mecca of World Cycling!!!

Today's 19th Stage of the Le Tour will be the legendary Alpe d'Huez stage. Twenty-one hair pin turns highlight the last 9 miles going up an 11% grade. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years since Lance Armstrong through down the gauntlet to rival Jan Ulrich.

In 2004, Armstrong passes Ivan "The Terrible" Basso in the time trial!!!!

Here is some video of Lance Armstrong's ride in 2001 and 2004:

End of the Line for Floyd Landis

Professional cyclist Floyd Landis decided to call it quits today.  The five year journey trying to get back to the top of cycling is over.

Landis won the 2006 Tour de France with Team Phonak only to be stripped of his title and eventually banned from the sport.

“I've been riding my bike a lot, trying to figure out life, which is the same reason I did it to start with, so I've come full circle. I'll always ride my bike. But I'll never start on a line on a road and try to get to another line on a road faster than another guy. That's over.”

Right now Landis says the sport cannot be fixed, but that isn't his fight.  An investigation in doping allegations against former teammates including Lance Armstrong continues by the people that investing BALCO.

A long fall for an athlete from Lancaster County.