The big mistake everyone is making right now is pretending that Lance Armstrong is ancient history. He wasn't - he was riding with the current peloton just about 2 years ago.

Delighted to see Lance get his legacy ripped to pieces but what about cycling itself? The case is harming the sport again and is bringing forward a whole new set of questions.

I think the worst thing is that having stripped LA of 7 tour titles, they can't award them to anyone else as the nearest contenders are all tainted too, so they've effectively declared those tours null !

2013 route... inrng.com/2012/10/2013-tour-de-france/

2013 route... inrng.com/2012/10/2013-tour-de-france/

What you think is bad, I think is right.

If the UCI had taken steps when they knew that dodgy stuff was going on then we might have had legitimate, clean riders winning in 99-2005.

For now we must look at those years with distain and make sure those mistakes are never repeated again.

So what we saying about the Tour route this year? Looks a bit of a beast. Not Wiggo territory, that's for sure.

Bastille Day, summit finish on Mont Ventoux. Already sticking the farm on Tommy Voeckler for that one

Then there is a stage that goes up Alpe D'Huez twice! I do not fancy Wiggan's chances of retaining his crown and instead it is more Contador or Schleck terrority so that would be one drug cheat then, just what the tour needs.

Looks like a far more entertaining route than this year. Two assents of the Alpe, Bastille Day for Mont Ventoux, Nice TT up Mont St Michel, Dusk finish on the Champs Elysees.

Prediction - Contador to win unless Sky can work out how to use Froome and Wiggins in tandem to attack Contador when he least expects it.

rlBertie Accountant does ironyrl

Wiggins isn't targeting the TDF. He's main priority next year is the pink jersey. He has stated though that he will be at the start in Corsica and work as a super domestique for whoever is team leader.

I think froomedog may also have potentially made a wee boo boo yesterday on ES. By stating that he didn't think the parcour was as difficult as he was expecting could be statement he comes to regret next July.

yeah wiggins for the giro with all the tt's included, and possibly the vuelta too, though its probably going to be a bit mountainous as usual

The inevitable has happened. Sean Yates has left Sky.

They'll run out of people to sack before too long

Yates hasn't been sacked though. He's retired

Armstrong on Oprah next week.

hahaha..it will draw big ratings no doubt, even if it will be selecteapproved questions. Will he come out and say he's guilty.. I'm actually not sure either way to be honest. One hopes he might but deep down I think he will deny most of it, admit to some minor indescretion pointing the finger at all and sundry saying everyone in the pro pleton was at it but talk about the pressure to win coming back from 'cancer' yadda yadda.