Thursday, January 17, 2013

So who will win tonight's Lance v Oprah race? And will it become an annual two-day Tour?

Note that amidst early information on the Cycling News website about the 2013 Vuelta a Espana and Tour de France, and the opening race of the WorldTour -- the Santos Tour Down Under -- appeared the newest race on cycling's calendar: Lance Armtrong Oprah Interview. It's a two person race over two days with the first stage going tonight live on Oprah's website.


One has to think Lance Armstrong will be heavy favourite given his experience of racing bikes by comparison to Oprah, but don't rule out the old day-time woman's-chat TV host. If Lance Armstrong is today admitting that he has used performance enhancing drugs throughout his career there is a chance that he'll actually compete clean tonight thus rendering him beatable.

It's sure to be captivating.