Jan Ullrich

The question is not whether Cyril Dessel, your new leader, will finish this race -- or even this week -- clad in his sporty new yellow jersey. I think not. I think a group of elite climbers like Floyd Landis and...

All right, I'll just say it: Does anyone in America care about the Tour de France?

Another day, another big name out of the race. Is this the Tour de France or a remake of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, with a velo twist?

You stand at a switchback near the summit of some jagged Alp, some serrated colossus in the Pyrenees, and marvel. The riders float past pushing insanely tough gears, their sinewy bodies rimed with sweat, and yet they...

I don't know, what do you think? I mean, I guess you could make a case for Lance Armstrong to be SI's Sportsman of the Year.