Some additional Tour chatter

So amongst the usual tour chatter with coverage from the NYT, lots of video coverage (see below) there are some nice background stories that emerge during the tour that otherwise would not get written in other seasons. So if you ever wondered why Lance Armstrong rides for Astana (sponsored by the glorious nation of Kazakhstan- insert Borat joke here) this little snippet from the New Republic might help fill in the gaps. It all comes down to who you work with (in this case Bruyneel) rather than who you work for.