Spaniard Alejandro Valverde played down the effects of a crash which came close to ending his yellow jersey bid during the 232km fifth stage of the Tour de France here Wednesday. The former race leader and winner of the opening […]

Britain’s Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race’s fifth stage over 232km here Wednesday. Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner finished with the bunch to retain the […]

Spain’s Tour de France hopeful Alejandro Valverde, of Caisse d’Epargne, suffered a setback Wednesday when he fell during the 232km stage from Cholet to here. The former race leader and winner of the opening stage fell at the 90km mark, […]

As far as Tour de France cyclists go, Adam Hansen would admit he sticks out from the bunch. But the all-round talents of the Aussie who grew up in Cairns are not being wasted by Team Columbia as their leader […]

Colombia’s Mauricio Soler, who won the “King of the Mountains” title last year, was forced to pull out of the Tour de France on Wednesday because of an injured wrist. Soler, who rides for the British-registered Barloworld team, fractured a […]

Robbie McEwen’s bid to add to his impressive haul of wins on the Tour de France was kicked into touch by bad luck and a fast Columbia train on the longest stage of the race here Wednesday. A push from […]

Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde would normally be happy to wait for the Pyrenees stages this weekend before launching part two of their expected fight for the Tour de France yellow jersey. However, the outcome of Tuesday’s first real big […]

Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara admitted to suffering an off day after he failed to deliver an anticipated stage victory on the Tour de France’s fourth stage time trial. CSC’s reigning world time trial champion could only finish in fifth place at […]

Australia’s Cadel Evans struck a first blow to Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France here Tuesday after leaving his yellow jersey rival trailing on the fourth stage time trial. Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned the pre-race […]

Tour de France standings after stage 4:        1. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST)                       35min 44sec    2. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL)                                  at 0:18sec    3. David Millar (GBR/GAR)                                    0:18.    4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL)                                     0:27.    5. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC)                               0:33. […]