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Woke up this morning in Las Vegas, where Im attending the cycling industrys Interbike trade show, to read in USA Today that Lance Armstrong has confirmed he will be reuniting with longtime manager Johan Bruyneel at Team Astana for next season. replica Ulysse Nardin watch Armstrong will make his official announcement this morning in New York, at the Clinton Global Initiative. But USA Today obtained an email from Armstrong spokesman Mark Higgins confirming Armstrong’s move to Astana.The news wasn’t unexpected, given that Bruyneel guided Armstrong to all seven of his Tour de France victories, and that Trek, with whom Armstrong has longstanding commitments, is Astana’s bike sponsor.
Still, it does raise some interesting questions, as Astana is the team of 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, of Spain, who won the Giro d’ Italia and Vuelta a Espa?a this year to become cycling’s undisputed top dog. Contador was quoted this week as saying that it would be difficult for Armstrong and him to fit on the same team.Armstrong will reveal further details at a press conference here in Vegas tomorrow. And Higgins has replica Zenith watch told us that the Texan also hopes to arrive in Las Vegas early enough today to compete in Cross Vegas, a cyclocross event here coinciding with Interbike. Should be an interesting day. And check back here for news from the show floor, including all the bikes you’ll be lusting after in 2009.—John BradleyUPDATE: The New York Times is reporting that Armstrong has hired Don Catlin, a leading antidoping researcher profiled in Outside in 2005, to head his personal antidoping program.
