Lance Armstrong's War

Lance Armstrong may not really feel like going through another Tour, writes The New York Times' George Vecsey. "He is, however, quite obstinate enough to win the darn thing one more time."

Vecsey himself seems to be a weekend rider:

"Anybody on a bike is taking a chance. For some of us who ride a few miles for fun and exercise, danger comes from a driver barely in control of a wobbly S.U.V., juggling a cellphone in one hand, running a stop sign, oblivious to a cyclist. For cyclists on the Tour, the dangers are everywhere - one giddy fan, badly placed barricades, gravel, plastic shopping bags, high speed, to say nothing of one another."