(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images) We're going to see a lot of Luxemburg's Franck Shleck (CSC) on the bike mag covers in the coming y...

(Bas Czerwinski/Associated Press) So, what did Floyd Landis do on his rest day Monday? Why, he took a training ride with Eddie Merckx, who w...

Yes indeed, that is Oude Granny (right) on the high-speed train to Paris in 2003 and the finish of Our Boy Lance's record-tying 5th Tou...

"Where did you think I'd be?" (AFP/Getty Images/File) You were wondering? The Cranks have located Our Boy Lance: at the top...

(AFP/Pascal Guyot) Some random thoughts and interesting quotes the day before THE DAY that could (but probably won't) determine this T...

In a prior post, Tour-o-'03 wondered who might lead Discovery in 2007? How about an extraterrestrial? According to Pezcyclingnews.com...

Sit back, relax (smoke 'em if you got 'em) and let Oude Granny take you on a little Rest Day (#2) sojourn. Behind The Scene So here ...

Since Gap was part of the Cranks' 2003 Trek Travel Tour de France adventure, I'll share this report from VeloNews, which remains my ...

Enjoy...I think??? (I didn't think anything could shock an Italian (Simoni) and even the eventual stage winner, Jens Voigt, gets in a mo...

Stage 12 Stage 13 If Friday's Stage 12 was sunflower day, then what on earth was Saturday's Stage 13? Judging from some of the pic...

That's Jens Voigt celebrating, but Oscar Pereiro's time is coming, too. So, was Jens Voigt (CSC) just picking off the low-hanging f...

It's a good question: Is it time to prepare for the future with Yaroslav Popovych and Tom Danielson , or how about this blast from the ...

So, whither Team Discovery after Yaroslav Popovych 's (impressive?) 12th Stage victory in the Tour de France Friday. This is the public...

OK, so maybe that was too easy! Try this one. If Tooth wins, Granny has already won a ride with him! (Paolo Cocco/AFP/Getty Images)

Well, maybe not. But can you name the four cyclists pictured above (Paolo Cocco/AFP/Getty Images) ?

Yes, that's Our Boy Lance in yellow at the summit of the Tourmalet. Bernard would not smile for the camera. He's French, after all...

Photo: Dan McCormack (Ride of Rider) The Crankset and Trek Travel companions started out on the same Col as this year's Stage 11, the ...

What do you do when you've spent most of your year training for the Tour de France and then crash out of the race? Well you climb on yo...

Does this look like a potential Tour de France winner (photo by Graham Watson )? OK, so I concede. George Hincapie has. Hincapie finished 44...

Our patience has finally paid off, as today's Stage 11 has provided us with some answers. Levi Leipheimer's form seems to have reap...