Tour de France
9:30 am/ET Versus
After a nearly four-year absence, seven-time champion and American cycling icon Lance Armstrong returns to the Tour de France, which kicks off its three-week whirlwind trek through France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, covering 3500km. Despite his prolonged sabbatical from racing, Armstrong looks to be one of the top contenders, but he'll have to hold off the past two champions, Carlos Sastre (2008) and Alberto Contador (2007), as well as Cadel Evans, who was the runner-up the last two years.
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In the wake of a seemingly unending series of doping allegations, investigations and admissions, the 104-year-old Tour de France (airing on Versus this Saturday at 8:30am/ET) makes its first-ever start in Great Britain, where an array of London landmarks will be on display during the opening stage. Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will anchor live morning coverage and multiple replays on a daily basis through the final stage on July 29. From last year's still-contested win by Floyd Landis (due to a positive testosterone test) to the recent admission of 1996 winner Bjarne Riis that
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