Notes:  (latest notes always appear at the top)

- Watch an exclusive post-op interview with Lance Armstrong here. (02:04)

- 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships live coverage:  Starting with Friday's events, we will list any live video feeds we can find.  More info in the morning.

Friday's Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 5 Profile

- Friday's Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 5 departs Benavente at 12:42 CET (7:42am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Valladolid at around 16:30 CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Castilla y Leon live video streaming should get underway sometime after 15:30 CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).

- Vuelta a Castilla y Leon LIVE also on Sport+ (France).  (I've got Sport+ playing now on cable TV in my hotel. -Pete)

- Race LIVE also on tdp.

- Vuelta a Castilla y Leon LIVE now on rtvcyl and tdp.

The plastic peloton rides through the Place de la Comédie this morning, in Montpellier, France near the Mediterranean.
Montpellier is the site of the 2009 Tour de France
Team Time Trial, returning after a four-year absence.
Photo Copyright © 2009 Pete Geyer

- Preparing the Tour de France is of course a year-round operation for race organizer Amaury Sport Organization (A.S.O.) as well as for stage towns that plan numerous activities for residents and race followers alike.  The city of Montpellier, in the south of France near the Mediterranean, is expecting 150,000 spectators for Stage 4 (July 7), the Team Time Trial.  The TTT will depart the city center's Place de la Comédie (pictured above), pass underneath the Arc de Triomphe and ultimately reach the Yves du Manoir stadium.  Two days ago, a group of cyclo-tourists, accompanied by AG2R-La Mondiale pro rider, Stéphane Goubert (born in Montpellier), rode the full course for the 39km TTT. -Pete

Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 4 Profile

- Today's Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Stage 4 departs Santa María Del Páramo at 12:41 CET (7:41am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Galende-Laguna De Los Peces around 16:30 CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Castilla y Leon live streaming of Stage 4 is announced an hour earlier than usual, so we will look for live coverage from 14:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).

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- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León.