[SlowToady]

I don't know that I buy it, yet. He threatened to come out of retirement last year, as a response to the doping allegations, and ride in the '08 Tour, but that never panned out.

I have the utmost respect and awe for Lance, and am a Lance fan to the grave. That said, at almost 38 years old, and having been in retirement for already over a year, I don't see him winning even if he does enter. IMO, he quit at exactly the right time: while he was on top of the world. Most other athletes ride the downward spiral from greatness.

Lance left the sport as possibly the greatest cyclist to slip on a jersey...why risk marring that? A loss at the Tour would be devastating.