Lance Armstrong

Team RadioShack have confirmed that Lance Armstrong, missing from the past week’s two major European races, Paris-Nice and the Tirreno-Adriatico due to his participation in last weekend’s Cape Argus ride in South Africa, will race in Saturday’s Milan-San Remo.

Lance Armstrong took part in Africa's biggest bike race – and finished ninth after helping a mate to a podium finish.

During the Pick n Pay Cape Argus Cycle Tour in South Africa, Armstrong set up a sprint for fellow RadioShack rider Daryl Impey after an attack. Impey finished third, buffeted slightly by a strong headwind.

South Africa's Malcolm Lange came in first and, tongue-in-cheek, commented that he could now say he'd beaten Armstrong.

Lange said he thought Armstrong had underestimated the Cape wind and started sprinting too early.

Back in the days of apartheid, the South African authorities seemed keen to attract international sportsmen to the country, with tours by the likes of the British Lions and rebel international cricket teams allowing the country to claim that despite trade sanctions, it was sporting business as usual.

The Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, a keen cyclist, has reportedly broken a number of ribs after clipping the rear wheel of a fellow rider while out on a pre-dawn training run in Denver.

Scottish stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill, whose eye-watering tricks on YouTube made him globally famous, is up for a prestigious award, joining the likes of Lance Armstrong and Jenson Button.

The 24-year-old street-rider has been nominated for the Action Sportsperson of the Year Category in the Laureus World Sports Awards. The award ceremony is on March 10 in Abu Dhabi.

What are the chances of this happening? A Trek road bike stolen from Lance Armstrong's Mellow Johhny's bike shop in Austin, Texas, was found at a flea market in Mexico and returned to the shop – three months after it went missing.

Lance Armstrong has used his favourite method of communication to confirm his attendance at the world's largest time mass-participation cycling event.

The multiple Tour de France winner will be riding in the 68-mile Cape Argus Cycle Tour in South Africa on March 14, having let millions know via his Twitter feed.

"Hey South Africa! Excited to come down in March,” he Tweeted. “Bringing your man Daryl Impey with me. And yes, we're racing The Argus. Hear gr8 things.”

Team RadioShack sports director Johan Bruyneel has said that Lance Armstrong is lighter but stronger compared to when he came out of retirement this time last year, something that should stand the cyclist in good stead this year as he attempts to win a record eighth Tour de France.

According to the Press Association, Bruyneel attruibutes that change in physique to the Texan’s focus on cycling over the last 12 months.

Bicycle manufacturer Trek and treble Tour de France winner Greg Lemond have announced that they have settled their long-running legal dispute. The case had been due to go to court within the next few weeks, and it had been widely expected that Lance Armstrong would have been called as a witness.

Lance Armstrong is to take his Livestrong product line global, according to Nike, which makes the famous yellow bracelets and other goods.

The line, which now includes clothing and other accessories, will arrive in international stores this July.

Since releasing the first product in 2004, Nike has donated 100 percent of Livestrong goods to Armstrong's charitable trust. With the new international strategy, Nike has shifted the funding model to a flat guaranteed annual donation.