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The Tour de France () is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Tom Boonen, the season's top one-day racer, has decided to skip the Tour de France to focus on Olympic gold in London instead.
The winner of Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders says the Olympic road race is tougher than it looks and is convinced an all-rounder like himself stands as good a chance as all-out sprinters like British rival Mark Cavendish.The Tour de France finishes only six days before the July 28 road race, so Boonen will instead ride in the one-week Tour of Poland, which finishes July 16.The Belgian says `'I missed the last two Olympic chances, so I am really looking forward to try this new experience and try and get the best from it."...Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all scored at least 20 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-97 on Friday night and spoil Ko...
Pedaling past tornado-tossed homes and broken trees, Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson and about 100 bicyclists started a five-day, 300-mile bike trek across north Al...
Watching the Tour de France can be a serious buzzkill for a guy trying to get in shape. Cyclists are among the most physically fit athletes in the world, and watchin...
GRENOBLE, France -- 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 s...
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France -- The gloves have come off at the Tour de France .Andy Schleck was fighting mad after dropping his chain during a tough climb Monday and ...
PARIS -- Alberto Contador won his third Tour de France in four years on Sunday, heralding the arrival of a new cycling superstar even as seven-time champion Lance Ar...
A person familiar with the case says Spanish cycling officials are proposing a one-year ban for Alberto Contador for failing a Tour de France doping test.If banned, ...
MONTARGIS, France -- Britain's Mark Cavendish broke down in tears after winning the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday for his first victory in this year'...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won a crash-marred first stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, with top sprinting rivals and race favorites like L...
REIMS, France -- Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint Wednesday, with Lance Armstrong and other contenders for th...
ARENBERG, France -- Lance Armstrong's hopes for victory in his final Tour de France hit a setback Tuesday when a burst tire cost him time during a jarring stage over...
SPA, Belgium -- Lance Armstrong and dozens of other Tour de France riders were caught up in a series of crashes Monday during a rain-splattered second stage won by n...
Russian cyclist Alexandr Kolobnev became the first cyclist at this year's Tour de France to fail a doping test, the International Cycling Union said Monday.The UCI s...
Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found him guilty of doping.The Court of Ar...
Cadel Evans won the Tour de France on Sunday, becoming the first Australian to capture cycling's most prestigious title.The 34-year-old Evans celebrated after crossi...
Andy Schleck led a daring attack in the Alps to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, a display of panache that puts him within seconds of the yellow...
MADRID -- Tour de France champion Alberto Contador believes "irreparable" damage has been done to his reputation despite being cleared of doping by the Spanish cycli...
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By John MehaffeyLONDON (Reuters) - During an informative and entertaining address to an anti-doping conference last month, German researcher Mario Thevis referred to...