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. […]

Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned the big time trial favourites to win the Tour de France fourth stage and pull on the leader’s yellow jersey Tuesday. Schumacher clocked a winning time of 35min 44sec over the windy, […]

Cadel Evans was reminded of just what it takes to win, and lose, the Tour de France after a hectic third stage here Tuesday which saw one of his potential rivals lose 38 seconds. On paper, Denis Menchov isn’t the […]

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 […]