Everybody talks like LA and AC will have to compete against each other? Last time I looked Astana had 27 riders with LA and 4 legit GC riders. Johan can and will race his teams in every event he can (4-6 ea month, 60 70 a year?) and LA will be in just 5, yep only 5 so what's the big deal? If Lance rides he's on TV, if LA is on Astana then Astana is on TV and maybe we will see some real cycling on the air? It's only good for the sport and those of us who would like to see more of it. Maybe in Europe (and Ireland) you get a decent amout of coverage but here.......except for the TdF on VS we get nothing live and the Sunday show on VS is old news. Yes we live in a comercial country but if LA riding gets Contidor or anybody else for that mater in the media it will only mean good things for Cycling in the USA.