Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France's yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got caught napping in a hectic finish to the 208km stage.Menchov, a two-time Tour of Spain winner, found himself in a [...]
Frenchman Romain Feillu took the biggest accolade of his career Monday when a successful breakaway that foxed the sprinters' teams handed him the Tour de France yellow jersey Monday.Compatriot Samuel Dumoulin, of Cofidis, won the third stage - a treacherous [...]
Britain's David Millar is quietly building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France yellow jersey.Millar last wore the coveted tunic in 2000 when he won the prologue at Futuroscope, and on Tuesday's 29.5km race [...]
Breakaway optimism gave way to frustration at the finish for the second day in a row for the hosts at the Tour de France Sunday.A two-man breakaway involving Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis and Thomas Voeckler of Bouygues Telecom turned into [...]
Tour de France standings after the 2nd stage: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 8hr 21min 20sec 2. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) at 0:01. 3. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 0:01. 4. Juan Jose Cobo (ESP/SDV) 0:01. 5. Cadel Evans [...]
Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole claimed his sixth victory from the Tour de France after powering his way to the second stage over 164.5km from Auray to here Sunday.Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) retained the overall lead ahead of [...]
Judging by the first stage of the 2008 Tour de France, Thomas Voeckler is determined to make his mark on this years race. The Frenchman that hails from the Alsace region showed his grit in a battle for the polka dot [...]
Colombia's Tour de France 'King of the Mountains' Mauricio Soler will start the second stage here on Sunday despite injuring his wrist in a crash on the first stage.Soler, who rides for the British-registered Barloworld team, picked up a suspected [...]
Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans, a former stage winner here at the Tour de France, will join the Russian Tinkoff team on a two-year deal, it was revealed at the race here Sunday.Steegmans is currently a teammate of former world champion [...]
A massive sigh of relief is likely to be heard among the Tour de France sprinters ahead of the race's third stage on Monday.After two days of rolling over undulating terrain, the fast men of the peloton have more than [...]
Colombia's Tour de France 'King of the Mountains' Mauricio Soler is a doubt for the rest of the race after a crash on the first stage here Saturday.Soler, who rides for the British-registered Barloworld team, picked up several injuries in [...]
by Justin Davis Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain's Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his team missed out on an historic first stage win here Saturday. Stapleton's team have come to the [...]
Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych, one of race favourite Cadel Evans' key teammates for the mountain stages, crashed in the first stage of the Tour de France here Saturday. Popovych was one of several riders who hit the asphalt around 60km from [...]
Overall classification standings after the 1st stage of the Tour de France, a 197.5km ride from Brest to Plumelec on Saturday: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 4h36min 07sec 2. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/FDJ) at 0:01. 3. Jerome Pineau [...]
A leading sports scientist has challenged reigning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion Alberto Contador over his recent race-winning performances.Biomechanics expert Frederic Grappe believes there is no comparison between Contador's display at last year's Tour and his victory in [...]
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, riding for Caisse d'Epargne, won the Tour de France's first stage, held over 197.5km of undulating terrain, to pull on the race's yellow jersey here Saturday.Valverde came through in a sprint finish, seeing off Belgian Philippe Gilbert, [...]
Herve Duclos-Lassalle of the Cofidis team was forced out of the Tour de France after a crash on the first stage here on Saturday.Duclos-Lassalle, the son of former Paris-Roubaix winner Gilbert, fractured his left wrist in a crash just after [...]
Luxembourg brothers Andy and Frank Schleck are set to make a little piece of cycling history when they saddle up for the Tour de France with big ambitions for the race here on Saturday. Both riders are part of the [...]