ARMSTRONG TO REVEAL HIS PLANS TODAY

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong will reveal the plans for comeback to professional cycling at a press conference in New York due to start at 5pm (UK time) today.

The 37-year-old will speak at the Clinton Global Initiative, a think-tank, campaign and action set up by former US president Bill Clinton to find solutions to some of the world's most difficult problems.

If he does join Astana it will be nothing less than a hostile takeover. Will it force Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer to look elsewhere? Will the Livestrong and Nike branding take over the squad's look? It's hard to imagine the Texan riding around in a jersey that is effectively a Kazakhstan flag.

And it's impossible to rule out a compromise: Armstrong signs for Astana but the team has special dispensation to ride in Livestrong/Nike jerseys under a different name when the American is racing.

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