Today’s third stage of the Tour de France was disrupted by demonstrators around the 58k to go mark. Tour director Christian Prudhomme thought quickly and stopped to negotiate with the trade union leaders in front of a television camera to […]

Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde gave up the Tour de France lead willingly on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced the hectic third stage with one eye on the crucial fourth stage. “We controlled things in the first part of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]