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L'Equipe is the French sporting daily, from the newspaper company that originally spawned the Tour de France.

With the 2008 Tour just two days away, you'd think that today's L'Equipe would feature the famous French race, oui?

Well, think again. Take a look at the cover of today's L'Equipe. The lead story...football (what we call soccer here in the US).

Never underestimate the strange priorities of the French.

Doug Shapiro was the third American to ever ride in the Tour de France. He was also a member of the groundbreaking 1986 7-Eleven squad.

With Stage 1 of the 2008 Tour set to go this Saturday in France, CycleTo sat down with Doug at his California home to get his recollections of the Tour...his unique perspective on cycling...and his earliest memories of the sport.

For him, it all goes back to the streets of New York.

Believe it or not, the first time Doug ever saw the Tour de France in person...he was in the start house for the opening prologue of the '85 Tour. He'll talk about that remarkable day later this week on CycleTo.

BMC Pro Cycling director Charlie Livermore ramps-up your training this week, with the latest in his six-part series of tips to get you fit this summer.

With this set of structured specifics, Charlie's program will help you improve both your aerobic fitness and sprinting.