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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Tour de France sprinters are hoping to officially announce their race entry with a bunch finish on Sunday, but there are plenty of ‘punchers’ who will look to kick that plan into touch. At just 164.5km long, the second […]
by Justin Davis Top cycling commentator Phil Liggett may have been joking when he said the three legs on the Isle of Man flag would come in handy for Mark Cavendish here at the Tour de France. The British sprinter, […]
A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27: “If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they’d have to come and live in […]
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 […]
by Justin Davis This year’s Tour de France is gearing up to be one of the most tightly contested in years, according to some of the yellow jersey contenders out to topple race favourite Cadel Evans. The Australian will start […]
