U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges Lance Armstrong who denies charges.

Lance Armstrong was formally charged with doping as ESPN reported.

Our Luxembourg cycling fans will note in the correspondence available at ESPN, and the initial paragraph of which is below, that also named is Mr. Bruyneel, who is, if I'm not wrong, Andy and Frank Schleck's manager. 

It is a sad day for cycling, even if this this turns out to be untrue. But this is a steep mountain to climb.

Target Tour de France 2012. The Schlecks' Team Presentation

Our friends at road.cc did a really nice job reporting about the presentation of the new RadioShack Nissan Trek Team. Event and pictures of the new outfits with Luxembourg colors and Lance Armstrong's Livestrong yellow band.

http://road.cc/content/news/49968-great-expectations-launch-radioshack-nissan-trek-ahead-crucial-year-road

Personally, I had started dreaming of a recipe for success in 2009, given the evident shortcomings of the Schlecks' organization for a victory in the Tour de France. The most obvious road is the one that could have happened in 2009, in time for the 2010 season. Here were the arguments and they still are almost the same: ad know-how and expertise to the Schleck's talents:

http://egidethein.blogspot.com/2009/07/luxembourg-tour-de-france-armstrong.html

Here are the 2012 boys for RadioShack Nissan Trek:

Jan Bakelants (BEL)
Daniele Bennati (ITA)
George Bennett (NZL)
Matthew Busche (USA)
Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Laurent Didier (LUX)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
Tony Gallopin (FRA)
Linus Gerdemann (GER)
Ben Hermans (BEL)
Chris Horner (USA)
Markel Irizar (ESP)
Ben King (USA)
Andreas Klöden (GER)
Tiago Machado (POR)
Maxime Monfort (BEL)
Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
Nelson Oliveira (POR)
Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)
Joost Posthuma (NED)
Grégory Rast (SUI)
Thomas Rohregger (AUT)
Hayden Roulston (NZL)
Andy Schleck (LUX)
Fränk Schleck (LUX)
Jesse Sergent (NZL)
Jens Voigt (GER)
Robert Wagner (GER)
Oliver Zaugg (SUI)
Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)