Lance Armstrong Flips the Bird at the International Cycling Union: PHOTO

Lance Armstrong clearly has no shame about the doping scandal that stripped him of his Tour de France titles, posting this photo to his Twitter account in what Yahoo Sports calls "a finely-honed troll move."

Tweets Armstrong: "Back in Austin and just layin' around ... "

Writes Yahoo!:

Now, obviously the UCI wasn't going to come into Armstrong's house and yank the jerseys off his walls. (The International Olympic Committee could be a different story. They have ordered disgraced medalists to surrender their medals in the past.) But even though Armstrong has removed the Tour de France victories from his Twitter profile, he's clearly not relinquishing the titles in the public eye.

Aerial Mountain Bike Goodness: VIDEO

There's plenty more uses for a RC helicopter than spying on your neighbors or your enemies. You could film a wicked biking video, for instance.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Antelope Takes Down Biker During South African Race: VIDEO

This is some insane footage. Evan van der Spuy of Team Jeep South Africa met a territorial Red Hartebeest, while competing in a mountain bike race at Albert Falls Dam. The footage was shot by his teammate Travis Walker.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Cycling Champ Graeme Obree: I'm Gay

Champion cyclist Graeme Obree has come out of the closet, making him the highest-ranking member of that sport to do so, in an interview with the Scottish Sun.

“I was brought up thinking you'd be better dead than gay. I must have known I was gay and it was so unacceptable. I was brought up by a war generation - they grew up when gay people were put in jail. Being homosexual was so unthinkable that you just wouldn't be gay. I'd no inkling about anything, I just closed down...People say, 'How can you be gay and be married and have kids and not know it?’ But when I went to my psychologist she reckoned I had the emotional age of about 13 because I'd just closed down."

Bike Radar reports: "Both Obree's private life and his achievements on the bike have combined to make him one of cycling's most enigmatic figures. The Scotsman claimed the World individual pursuit title in 1993 and 1995 but is best known for his innovative and pioneering attempts at the World hour record. He claimed the hour record twice, in 1993 and 1994. The first successful, in Norway, saw him best a nine-year-old record held by Italian Francesco Moser using a hand-made bike constructed from spare parts dubbed 'Old Faithful'. That record lasted only a week as Englishman Chris Boardman improved on Obree's effort in Bordeaux, France during a rest day of that year's Tour de France."

Group Lobbies for Traditional 'Winner's Kiss' in Giro d'Italia European Bike Race to be Given by Gay Men

A tradition in the Giro d'Italia European bike race is to have the winner kissed on both cheeks by two women. Members of Amsterdam's Green Left Party are lobbying for the kiss to be given by two gay men on the Amsterdam leg of the race, the AP reports:

"The idea is winning support in this notably tolerant city, which annually hosts one of the world's most elaborate gay pride parades. But Albert van der Meulen, whose television station is arranging the ceremony, said he'd rather have women on the podium. 'I don't even think the race participants want to be kissed by men,' van der Meulen said. The station has arranged a beauty contest March 5 to select two people to present the flowers to the winner of the Amsterdam leg. Most entrants are young women, but van der Meulen confirmed three are gay men. The municipality of Amsterdam says it will support whoever wins."

A city spokesman and gay groups are supporting the suggestion. The bike race begins May 8.