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CYCLE SPORT: AUGUST 2003
BUSINESS AS USUAL
Lance Armstrong begins his summer racing campaign as he means to go on: in France and in yellow.
JOKERS WILD
Tour boss Jean Marie LeBlanc has yet again flicked Mario Cipollini in favor of a bunch of second-tier French teams. Is it a sporting choice, or are things getting personal?
MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN
Armstrong is not the only rider who has been training on the key mountains in the build-up for the Tour. Tyler Hamilton invited Cycle Sport along with him to check out Alpe D'Huez's 21 hairpins.
ULLRICH'S ALRIGHT
Bianchi's much-loved jersey returns to the peloton on Jan Ullrich's shoulders. Agter his impressive performance at the Tour of Germany, we could be seeing a lot more of it.
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
Estonia's Jann Kirsipuu has raised the profile of cycling in his home country to new levels, and more success at this year's Tour can only increase it momentum.
THE ITALIAN JOB
A year ago, Saeco were booted out of the Giro and snubbed by the Tour: now the team is at the top of the world ranking and Gilberto Simoni is aiming for an historic Giro-Tour double.
PHIL LIGGETT
International editor Phil Liggett hopes that British and American media will see the true meaning of the Tour in this centenary edition.
NEWS
All the news fit to print about cycling.
DISPATCHES
Bulletins from France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Spain
INTRODUCING
Austria's all-rounder Gerrit Glomser
LETTERS
From cycling fans around the planet.
JONATHAN VAUGHTERS
JV considers the physiological and psychological differences between leaders and their faithful domestiques.
RETRO
Bernard Hinault won the 1985 Tour with a broken nose, but the story of Adri Wijnands is the real tale of triumph over adversity.
DUG OUT
Bernard Thevenet tops the podium in the 1977 Tour.
BÖLTS FROM THE BLUE
Tour veteren Udo rates the climbs of this year's Tour route.
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