velonews.com,
12 February 2009
“The goal is to get Levi the victory”
A few days before heading to California for the Amgen Tour, Lance Armstrong spoke with VeloNews about his expectations for the race, his teammate and two-time race winner Levi Leipheimer, and his take on some of the other major teams in the race.

albertocontador.es,
2 February 2009
"I’m not going crazy over logging hours on the bike"
Alberto Contador traveled to the USA on Sunday for ten days work with his teammates at Astana’s training camp in Santa Rosa, California. At camp, Contador will prepare for his first race of the 2009 season, the Volta al Algarve.

albertocontador.es,
2 February 2009
“No me estoy volviendo loco sumando horas sobre la bici”
Alberto Contador viajó el domingo a la concentración del Astana en Santa Rosa (California, USA), donde permanecerá diez días junto a sus compañeros en un stage que le permitirá preparar su debut en competición en 2009, previsto en la Vuelta al Algarve.

gara.net,
2 February 2009
«El equipo me pide llegar muy bien al Tour para estar, sobre todo, al lado de Alberto»
Haimar Zubeldia tomaba a primera hora de la mañana de ayer el vuelo que le llevará a California para la segunda concentración con su nuevo equipo. Elogia a Armstrong y desea que esté para ganar el Tour, pero entiende que su líder será Contador y con él realizará casi todo su calendario.

Zeit Online,
27 January 2009
"Sorry, ich werde die Tour fahren"
Lance Armstrong über sein Comeback als 37-Jähriger, seine Pläne für die Tour de France, die Tourberichterstattung von ARD und ZDF und den Anti-Doping-Kampf in Deutschland.

tourdownunder.com.au,
22 January 2009
"Johan doesn’t know this yet, but my radio was unplugged"
Lance Armstrong joined 13 riders in a 90-kilometre long break away throughout the Tour Down Under's Stage three, as the American gets back into the swing of racing. Armstrong joined a powerful break away early in the race and stayed away through to kilometre 101.

lequipe.fr,
20 January 2009
«Peut-être une saison de plus»
A la veille d'effectuer son retour en compétition à l'occasion du Tour Down Under en Australie, Lance Armstrong a accordé un entretien exclusif à Gilles Simon, l'envoyé spécial de L'Equipe. En voici quelques extraits.

sport.france2.fr,
18 January 2009
«Je suis dans l'incertitude»
Lance Armstrong reprendra officiellement la compétition dimanche, 3 ans après sa retraite. Le septuple vainqueur du Tour de France va se jauger physiquement pour la première à la concurrence avec une certaine crainte. Armstrong a précisé samedi la nature de son programme.

cyclingnews.com,
17 January 2009
All I wanna do is have some fun
Lance Armstrong is back in cycling and the Texan is having a ball. In his largest press conference since arriving in Australia, Armstrong declared he's fallen in love with cycling again while fielding questions that ranged from irrelevant to simply bizarre.

Outside Magazine,
17 January 2009
Rage Against the Machine
The seven-time Tour de France champ on his favorite work-out music and the possibility of competing in an Ironman.

astana-cyclingteam.com,
10 January 2009
"this time, I am going to stay on my bike!"
Michael is heading to the Tour Down Under in just a few days, but before he left he took time to share his excitement about the upcoming season and racing in Australia.

The Daily Beast,
7 January 2009
Fear of failure
In his first interview since announcing that he and his girlfriend are expecting, Lance Armstrong talks about his political ambitions, why 2009 might not be his last Tour de France and what athletic mountain he’ll climb when he’s finished with cycling.

astana-cyclingteam.com,
6 January 2009
"I am looking forward to defending my title"
Just before the holidays we took some time to have a quick chat with Team Astana’s Levi Leipheimer as he readies to defend his two consecutive wins at the Amgen Tour of California.

astana-cyclingteam.com,
5 January 2009
Twice the pride
Known as a smiling and friendly member of the Team Astana family, Kazakhstan national road race champion Assan Bazayev sat down at training camp to answer questions submitted by the fans.

astana-cyclingteam.com,
5 January 2009
"I don't have any plans to return to the track"
We spent a little one-on-one time with young Kasakh rider Berik Kupeshov while at camp last month. The former track star has just completed his first year as a professional cyclist with Astana and is looking forward to the new season.

noticiasdegipuzkoa.com,
2 January 2009
"Me motiva este modo de afrontar otro ciclismo para mí"
Pese al gran cambio que supone correr en la escuadra de referencia en el pelotón mundial, Haimar no ha variado sus hábitos. Su vida sigue girando en torno a su mujer, Josune, la hija de ambos, Ane... y el Tour.