Cadel Evans seized the Tour de France yellow jersey in the next to last stage Saturday, all but giving Australia its first victory in cycling’s showpiece event and capping one of the most dramatic races in years. Evans, a two-time runner-up in the Tour de France, took the overall lead by overcoming a 57-second deficit [...]
The 98th Tour de France officially starts Saturday at the Passage du Gois. Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres. The 22 teams will face a race of over 3,430 km over [...]
The riders of the Tour de France have set out on the 18th of the 20 stages of this year’s Tour de France, a day that could be decisive for those fighting for the green jersey of best sprinter. The flat 123-mile trek from Salies-de-Bearn to Bordeaux in the country’s southwest is expected to end [...]
Christophe Riblon of France has won the first stage of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees, while Andy Schleck holds on to his yellow jersey as overall leader of the race. Riblon broke away in a group in the first 19 miles of the race and found himself alone just before the top of [...]
Returning to the Tour de France after a doping ban, Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the 13th stage Saturday while Andy Schleck of Luxembourg kept the yellow jersey. Vinokourov led a bold solo breakaway at the end and was followed in a mass sprint by Mark Cavendish of Britain and Alessandro Petacchi of Italy. They [...]