Jul. 5, 2008 - Jul. 27, 2008
Tour de France
- Oct. 6, 2008
Schumacher tests positive for EPO
German cyclist Stefan Schumacher, a double stage winner at this year's Tour de France, has tested ...
- Oct. 6, 2008
CONI: Piepoli doped at the Tour
Former Saunier Duval climber Leonardo Piepoli is facing a ban from the sport after the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced Monday he had ...
- Oct. 3, 2008
2009 Tour may include a Mont Ventoux stage — the day before the finale.: New ASO boss to unveil ’09 Tour route
During last week’s press conference at Interbike in Las Vegas, in revealing details of his comeback to racing, Lance Armstrong blurted out that he ...
- Oct. 2, 2008Riccò suspended for two years
Italian cyclist Riccardo Riccò was on Thursday banned for two years by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) after he
- Sep. 29, 2008
CONI seeks 20-month ban for Ricco
Prosecutors at the anti-doping tribunal of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) have asked that rider Riccardo Ricco be handed a 20-month ...
- Sep. 26, 2008Prudhomme cautiously optimistic over UCI deal
Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has welcomed an end to a four-year long conflict with cycling's world ruling body the UCI.
The Frenchman, ...
- Sep. 16, 2008Tour de France in Barecelona in 2009
Next year's Tour de France is set for a two-stage incursion to Barcelona, according to the Catalan city's Mayor Jordi Hereu on Tuesday.
"This is ...
- Sep. 12, 2008
The audacity of Lance, Part 1
Whatever the reasons for Lance Armstrong deciding to make a comeback to the Tour de France after a three-year absence — whether to raise awareness ...
- Sep. 10, 2008Prudhomme: Armstrong welcome to race
Lance Armstrong will be able to compete in next year's Tour de France as long as he fully submits to the latest anti-doping controls, the race's ...
- Sep. 2, 2008A source says Manuel Beltran's B-sample from the Tour de France contains EPO.
The second sample provided by Spanish rider Manuel Beltran, who tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France, has also tested ...
- Aug. 9, 2008Agritubel suspends Casper
French cyclist Jimmy Casper has been provisionally suspended from his team, Agritubel, following positive doping tests taken while he was riding in ...
- Aug. 1, 2008
Post Race: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Reflections on a break-through Tour
Shortly after the official result sheet of last Saturday’s Tour de France time trial was dropped on my table at the pressroom in St. ...
- Jul. 31, 2008Leonardo Piepoli says he told CONI he has never doped.
Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had "denied everything" following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on ...
- Jul. 31, 2008
CONI suspends Riccò
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) suspended Riccardo Riccò on Thursday after the former Saunier Duval rider admitted to using a new version of ...
- Jul. 30, 2008
Post Race: Mr. Rogers' Tour - Evans remains a star ... on YouTube
A video clip showing Australian Cadel Evans snap ...
- Jul. 30, 2008Post Race: Evans' injury keeps him out of Beijing TT
With concern growing over a knee injury sustained at a post-Tour de France party, Cadel Evans has withdrawn from the Olympic time trial in ...
- Jul. 30, 2008
Post Race: Riccò admits to doping
The Italian ANSA news agency has reported that cyclist Ricardo Riccò, who tested positive for a new form of EPO, following the 4th stage of the Tour ...
- Jul. 29, 2008
Post Race: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook - Sastre’s Tour: Can we dare to believe?
Now that the champagne has lost its fizz and the podium girls are back to their day jobs, the cycling world now waits with bated breath until that ...
- Jul. 29, 2008Post Race: Evans skips Belgian criterium
Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans pulled out of the one day criterium held in Flanders on Tuesday with a reported injured knee.
According to ...
- Jul. 28, 2008A magical year for Spanish sports
Carlos Sastre's triumph in the Tour de France over the weekend has capped a "magical" year for Spanish sports, Spanish media said Monday just two ...
- Jul. 28, 2008The Doping Report: Tour chief Christian Prudhomme says deterrents are working.
Increased suspense, a boom in television ratings and happy sponsors left Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme in a buoyant mood two days prior to ...
- Jul. 28, 2008Post Race: Evans dismisses knee injury talk as "rumor"
Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans (Silence-Lott) dismissed as “unfounded rumor” speculation he has suffered a knee injury that could threaten ...
- Jul. 27, 2008Cadel Evans relieved as Tour ends
For Australia's Cadel Evans, the Olympic road race in Beijing is already too far on the horizon.
For the immediate future, the 31-year-old wants ...
- Jul. 27, 2008
Stage 21: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 21
Here's a picture that reflects the amazing day now behind me.
It was amazing.
The feeling riding onto the Champs was unlike anything ...
- Jul. 27, 2008
Stage 21: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France Gallery - on the Champs-Élysées
- Jul. 27, 2008Stage 21: Stage 21 - By the numbers
Stage 21 stats
Stage 21, Étamps to Paris, 143km
WeatherHot and humid with partly cloudy skies and moderate wind, ...
- Jul. 27, 2008Stage 21: Carlito’s Way: The Tour’s Improbable Winner
Carlos Sastre has a reputation of being a cool customer under pressure.
After 11 seasons as a pro, nothing rankles the 33-year-old veteran too ...
- Jul. 27, 2008
How Garmin-Chipotle keeps its riders fresh for the Tour
Anyone can attest it’s hard to sleep when you’re hot.
It's a fact that Garmin-Chipotle physiologist Allen Lim knows well. It’s why, among ...
- Jul. 27, 2008Stage 21: Credit Agricole's Dmitri Fofonov tests positive for banned stimulant
Kazakhstan's Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team ...
- Jul. 27, 2008Stage 21: Sastre: the seventh Spanish Tour winner
Carlos Sastre became the seventh Spaniard to win the Tour de France yellow jersey when he wrapped up overall victory on Sunday, taking his country's ...
- Jul. 27, 2008
Stage 21: Sastre wraps up his first Tour victory as Steegmans wins the finale
Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) won the 95th Tour de France on Sunday as Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) took the 21st and final stage on the ...
- Jul. 26, 2008Stage 20: Stage 20 — by the numbers
Stage 20: Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 53km
Weather: Hot and humid with partly cloudy skies and moderate wind, temperatures in ...
- Jul. 26, 2008Stage 20: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 20
Stage winner Stefan Schumacher was more surprised than anyone to be back on the Tour de France podium after claiming victory in Saturday’s time ...
- Jul. 26, 2008Stage 20: Schumacher's time-trial win caps strong Tour for Gerolsteiner
Gerolsteiner’s Stefan Schumacher surprised a few observers when he won the stage-four time trial in this year’s Tour de France. Then, he stunned ...
- Jul. 26, 2008Stage 20: Sastre honors late brother-in-law, teammates, after securing the yellow jersey
Carlos Sastre is poised to become the seventh Spanish rider in history to win the Tour de France. Barring catastrophe, the Team CSC-Saxo Bank rider ...
- Jul. 26, 2008
Stage 20: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 20
It’s been three weeks since we left Brest for the start of this thing and after today’s TT stage we find ourselves back in a Campanile, a hotel ...
- Jul. 26, 2008
Stage 20: Sastre withstands a challenge from Evans to hold the overall lead
CSC-Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre withstood the challenge from Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans on Saturday, defending his yellow jersey going into the final ...
- Jul. 26, 2008
Stage 19: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - It all comes down to this
Saturday dawned cool and cloudy in Cérilly, central France, where the podium of the 95th Tour de France is being decided in a 53km time trial. ...
- Jul. 25, 2008
How Carlos Sastre's Cervélo P3C is tuned to help him win Saturday's time trial and the Tour..
On the eve of this race’s final test, the 53-kilometer time trial from Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond, CSC-Saxo Bank’s Carlos Sastre leads ...
- Jul. 25, 2008
stage 19: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France gallery, stage 19
- Jul. 25, 2008
Stage 19: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 19
When I said yesterday that you could tell which directors weren't pleased with their teams' races, today you could tell who was f-ing pissed. If it ...
- Jul. 25, 2008Stage 19: Sunderland hopes Sastre proves fresher than Evans in final time trial
Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France.
Now Sunderland, a co-team ...
- Jul. 25, 2008
Stage 19: Tour de France 2008 Stage 19
Cofidis' Sylvain Chavanel, one of the most aggressive riders in this year's Tour, got the stage win ...
- Jul. 25, 2008
Stage 19: Dog Breath: The men who shot Liberty Evans
“You got a choice, Dishwasher. Either you get out of town, or tonight you be out on that street alone.”—Lee Marvin as ...
- Jul. 25, 2008Stage 19: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Sastre vs. Evans showdown the talk of the Tour
The upcoming time-trial battle between Carlos Sastre and Cadel Evans that will decide this 95th Tour de France is the talk of the race — much more ...
- Jul. 24, 2008
Burghardt's power meter file, stage 18
It looked like Columbia's Marcus Burghardt put in a huge ride on stage 18, and his SRM power meter data confirms it.
Burghardt was super ...
- Jul. 24, 2008Stage 18: Nothing found in search of Schlecks' father's car
A car driven by the father of Tour de France stars Andy and Frank Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) was searched by French customs during the 18th stage, which ...
- Jul. 24, 2008Stage 18: Stage 18 - By the numbers
Stage 18, Bourg-d’Oisans to Saint-Etienne, 196.5km
WeatherSunny and warm, clear skies, temperatures in the low ...
- Jul. 24, 2008
Stage 18: Cunego injuries force him to drop out of Tour
After battling his way through the 18th stage of the Tour de France Thursday, despite sustaining potentially serious injuries in a crash, Lampre's ...
- Jul. 24, 2008
Stage 18: Casey Gibson Tour de France Photo Gallery, stage 18
- Jul. 24, 2008
Stage 18: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 18
After yesterday’s insanity on the climb, today’s came at the start area. As we drove down the Alpe, thankfully in cars with the bus waiting at ...
- Jul. 24, 2008Stage 18: Duenas denies 'knowingly' doping, blames team doctor
Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drugs test, on Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned ...
- Jul. 24, 2008Stage 18: Tough Tour, but worth it, says O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady finally came through one of his "toughest" Tour de France campaigns as the peloton headed out of the Alps and steadily towards Paris ...
- Jul. 24, 2008Stage 18: Roche: No marker in new EPO drug
Swiss pharmaceutical giant F. Hoffman-La Roche issued a statement Thursday disputing a recent claim by World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey that ...
- Jul. 24, 2008
Stage 18: Burghardt wins St. Etienne
After spending almost all of the day on the attack, Team Columbia’s Marcus Burghardt won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, beating Quick ...
- Jul. 24, 2008
Stage 18: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Sastre has ridden the perfect Tour — so far
From virtually every aspect, Carlos Sastre has ridden a perfect Tour de France. As soon as the route for this year’s Tour was announced last ...
- Jul. 23, 2008Stage 17: Who won: Sastre or Evans?
CSC-Saxo Bank’s Carlos Sastre took both the stage win atop L’Alpe d’Huez and the race lead following Wednesday’s massive 210km queen stage of ...
- Jul. 23, 2008
Stage 17: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France Gallery - L'Alpe d'Huez
- Jul. 23, 2008Stage 17: Scott to take over team sponsorship from Saunier Duval
Bike manufacturer Scott, the second sponsor of the Saunier Duval team, announced on Wednesday that it would step in and rescue the Spanish ...
- Jul. 23, 2008
Stage 17: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 17
That was a day; long, hard and completely covered by some amazing fans.
The Alpe was what it is built up to be: crazy. As far as the climb itself ...
- Jul. 23, 2008
Stage 17: Sastre wins the 2008 L'Alpe d'Huez stage
CSC's Carlos Sastre rolled away from the favorites on L'Alpe d'Huez on Wednesday, winning the classic ...
- Jul. 23, 2008Stage 16: Evans finds stress of yellow-jersey battle tough on head, too
Fighting for the yellow jersey puts as much pressure on the head as on the legs, as Cadel Evans is learning at the Tour de France.
After the ...
- Jul. 23, 2008
Stage 17: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - D-day on the Alpe
I’m writing these words on the road to L’Alpe d’Huez where, at the end of this glorious Wednesday in the French Alps, the 95th Tour de France ...
- Jul. 23, 2008Stage 16: Drug maker cooperated with WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Riccò tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Stage 16: The peloton looks ahead to L'Alpe d'Huez
The Tour de France yellow jersey is set to be decided on the final alpine stage of the race on Wednesday after a dramatic 16th stage which left CSC ...
- Jul. 22, 2008German Tour could do without Saunier Duval
The Saunier Duval cycling team look set to be excluded from the Tour of Germany because of doping, race organisers revealed on Tuesday.
The elite ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: A conversation with Johnny Schleck about his sons, Frank and Andy.
According to their father, CSC duo Frank and Andy Schleck rarely talk of the sport that has put them into the global spotlight.
But when they do ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Rest Day 2: Bernhard who?
Bernhard Kohl sat in the sunlit conference room of the mountain resort hotel Navize Te in the Italian Alps on the rest day of the Tour de ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: Stage 16 - By the numbers
Stage 16, Cuneo, Italy, to Jausiers (157km)
Weather: Sunny and warm, clear skies, variable winds blowing up the valleys, creating ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook - That brutal descent
The Bonette bustMost Tours are decided on the climbs, but the 23.5km descent off the 2802-meter Col de Bonette made for some ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Satge 16: Tuesday's stage win marks a return for Cyril Dessell after illness sidelined him in 2007
Frenchman Cyril Dessel of AG2R finally drew a line under his nightmare 2007 season with a prestigious maiden win on the Tour de France 16th stage on ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Stage 16: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 16
First up, rest days rock. After two weeks of racing, a day to relax a bit and kick back is like Christmas when you still believe in the big man. A ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Vande Velde ready for the ride of his life
Three weeks ago, Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian Vande Velde left his European home in Girona, Spain, for the Tour de France with the goal of his ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: Augustyn dodges disaster after rocketing off road
South African John-Lee Augustyn said he was lucky to escape with his life after a spectacular crash during the 16th stage of the Tour de France ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: Vande Velde crashes, loses time
Christian Vande Velde’s miracle Tour de France ride took a dive in Tuesday’s hard-fought 157km, two-climb 16th stage when he crashed coming down ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 17: Winners on the Alpe
A list of the past 25 riders to win a Tour de France stage atop the legendary Alpe d'Huez climb, the climax of this year's mountain stages:
...
- Jul. 22, 2008Stage 16: Riccardo Riccò denies taking EPO
The threat of being caught cheating at this year's Tour de France has proved a major deterrent, according to the chief of France's national ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Stage 16: Oscar Pereiro: I thought I was going to die
Spain's 2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro admitted Tuesday that he thought he was going to die after a spectacular fall during the 15th ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Stage 16: Dessel drills it to win stage 16; Schleck defends yellow
Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) won stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday as Frank Schleck, backed by an indomitable CSC-Saxo Bank team, kept his grip on the ...
- Jul. 22, 2008
Stage 15: Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Bikes at the Tour
Those long stemsDear Lennard,I read that several riders at this year's Tour de France have opted for a small frame and very long stem ...
- Jul. 21, 2008
1986: The Alpe's Greatest Duel
Excerpted with permission from:
The Tour Is Won on the Alpe
By Jean-Paul Vespini, translated by David V. Herlihy
CHAPTER ...
- Jul. 21, 2008Rest Day 2: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Closer and closer
There has never been a Tour de France as closely poised as this 2008 edition, less than a week before the finish. The most similar state of the race ...
- Jul. 21, 2008Rest Day 2: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook - CSC's wealth of options
Riis won’t play gamesTeam CSC-Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis is widely viewed as one of the best tacticians in the game. So far through this ...
- Jul. 21, 2008
Rest Day 2: Evans: ‘We’re in Good Position’
Cadel Evans might have lost the yellow jersey battle up Prato Nevoso, but he’s still confident he can win the war to Paris.
The Silence-Lotto ...
- Jul. 21, 2008
Rest Day 2: Rest Day No. 2: A Casey Gibson gallery
It's Rest Day No. 2 at the 2008 Tour de France. Photographer Casey Gibson started his day by sorting through his files and then sent us some ...
- Jul. 21, 2008Stage 15: Stage 15 - By the numbers
Stage 15, Embrun to Prato Nevoso, Italy, 182km
WeatherRain at start, partly cloudy in middle part of stage, rain at finish, ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Mission accomplished for CSC, now who’s the boss?
Team CSC-Saxo Bank once again executed near-perfect tactics in Sunday’s 15th stage and this time they got the big prize: the yellow jersey.
CSC ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Stage 15 was a mixed bag for the Garmin gang
Stage 15 of the 2008 Tour de France proved a mixed bag for the Garmin-Chipotle team.
First, the good news: Danny Pate got into the day’s ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Simon Gerrans thanks Phil Anderson for getting him into the sport of cycling
Australian Simon Gerrans caused a minor sensation on Sunday by winning the tough 15th stage of the Tour de France on the race's third mountain finish ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 15
Into the Alps we went today and it was an epic. It was pouring rain at the start, coming down in sheets. This was when the long bomb break with our ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Pereiro in hospital after spectacular stage 15 fall
Spain's 2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro has suffered shoulder injuries following a spectacular fall during the 15th stage of the Tour de ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Frank Schleck takes yellow from Cadel Evans as the GC race tightens
Team CSC-Saxo Bank battered and isolated race leader Cadel Evans in the first Alpine stage Sunday, coming away with the yellow jersey on the ...
- Jul. 20, 2008Stage 14: Mark Cavendish drops out of Tour de France
Quadruple stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days in the Alps here Sunday, ...
- Jul. 20, 2008
Stage 15: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - The Alps are here!
There are seven major mountain climbs to tackle in the next three stages of the 95th Tour de France: the Col Agnel, Prato Nevoso, Col de la Lombarde, ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 13: Barloworld pulling team cycling sponsorship
Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome hit out at Barloworld teammate Moises Duenas here on Saturday after the Spaniard's positive doping control at the ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Evans looking for Alpine allies?
Cadel Evans has been poring over cycling's history books as he prepares to put his yellow jersey on the line during three crucial days of climbing at ...
- Jul. 19, 2008
Stage 14: Casey Gibson Photo Gallery, stage 14
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Freire's green jersey hunt gets a shot in the arm
Spaniard Oscar Freire should now have a better idea of whether he can keep the Tour de France green
jersey, after some in-race consultation with ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Stage 14 - By the numbers
Stage 14, Nimes to Digne-Les-Baines, 194.5km
WeatherHot and sunny, strong westerly winds (tailwinds for the peloton) up to ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Mark Cavendish unlikely to start Sunday's stage 15.
CAV EXIT LIKELY: Mark Cavendish’s dream Tour de France is likely over as it’s expected that the British sprinter won’t take the start ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: A conversation with Matt White: ‘Christian Gets Better and Better’
Garmin-Chipotle sport director Matt White has had a front-row seat to the team’s surprisingly good opening two weeks of the Tour de France.
Team ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 14
A HOT one here in France-land today, and fast from start to finish. A flurry of attacks in the first few minutes eventually created a group of 21. ...
- Jul. 19, 2008
Wilier delivers new bikes in time for Tour
Last year the bikes Lampre riders showed up to the Tour with were well used, all looked battle worn with chipped paint and rusted bolts from the ...
- Jul. 19, 2008
Stage 14: Oscar Freire takes the 14th stage of the 2008 Tour de France
Points competition leader Oscar Freire won Saturday's 14th stage of the 2008 Tour de France, a mostly flat 195km route from Nimes to Digne les ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 13: Evans will face a new race when the Tour begins some tough climbing stages starting Sunday.
The sponsor of Cadel Evans' team on the Tour de France is known for products that allow noisy snorers to doze off and enjoy a good night's ...
- Jul. 19, 2008Stage 14: Duenas blames Spanish doctor for positive dope test
Spanish rider Moises Duenas, kicked out of the Tour de France, ...
- Jul. 19, 2008
Stage 14: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Mark Cavendish, the Manx Flyer
Until Mark Cavendish came on the pro scene just over a year ago, the most successful British Tour sprinter was Barry Hoban, who won eight stages ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France gallery, stage 13
- Jul. 18, 2008Stage 13: Mark Cavendish Profile: The joker gets serious
He's known for being a joker among a cosmopolitan team that came to the Tour de France proclaiming their "clean" approach to racing would help smooth ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 13
The first radio communication, not one minute after we rolled through K0 was from Millar: “We’ve got a CBF’d Friday boys, it’s bloody ...
- Jul. 18, 2008Stage 13: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 13
Cavendish in good company:
With his fourth sprint victory in this year’s Tour de France, Mark Cavendish moved into some pretty heady ...
- Jul. 18, 2008Stage 13: Stage 13 - By the numbers
Stage 13, Narbonne to Nimes, 182km
WeatherSunny, brisk northwesterly winds up to 40kph, temperatures in low 90s
Stage ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 12: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France gallery, stage 12
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Riccò held, charged with using poisonous substance
Italian racer Riccardo Riccò, kicked off the Tour de France for doping, has been remanded in custody for "using a poisonous substance," the public ...
- Jul. 18, 2008Stage 13: Live Coverage - Stage 13 Tour de France, 2008
12:55 PM: Good day and welcome
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Columbia's Cavendish takes his fourth Tour stage win
Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of this year's Tour de France, sprinting into Nimes ahead of Silence Lotto's Robbie ...
- Jul. 18, 2008Stage 12: Liquigas: Basso looking better all the time
Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian's future manager at the Liquigas team said ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Riccò and Piepoli sacked by Saunier Duval
Saunier Duval has sacked Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli for infringing the Spanish team’s code of ethics, it was announced on ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Dog Breath: Rounding up the usual suspects
“I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”— Captain Renault in “Casablanca,” shortly ...
- Jul. 18, 2008
Stage 13: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Doped and duped
While the news media were massed around the pale yellow Saunier Duval team bus in Lavelanet Thursday just as stage 12 was setting out farther down ...
- Jul. 17, 2008Special VeloNews.com Mailbag: Riccò edition
Riccardo Riccò's departure from the Tour de France produced a stack of emails and letters to the editor. Here is a sampling:
Zero ...
- Jul. 17, 2008
Stage 12: Riccò flames out at Tour a la Pantani
Riccardo Riccò always wanted to be like his hero, Marco Pantani.
The self-styled "Cobra" got his wish Thursday and made a Pantani-esque implosion ...
- Jul. 17, 2008Stage 12: Tour leader Cadel Evans says critics of cycling need to look at other sports
Australia's Cadel Evans has called on cycling's detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in the sport to clean up its image.
For ...
- Jul. 17, 2008
Stage 12: Mr. Rogers' Tour - Riccò case a setback for "new cycling"
Tour de France organizers ASO may be regretting the choice of music played after the peloton rolled out of Lavelanet at the start of stage 12 ...
- Jul. 17, 2008Stage 12: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 12
We’re officially more than half way through!
- Jul. 17, 2008Stage 12: 2008 Tour de France. Stage 12 by the numbers
Stage 12, Lavelanet to Narbonne, 168.5km
Weather: Cloudy at start, sunny at finish, strong westerly winds up to 45kph, highs in ...
- Jul. 17, 2008
Stage 12: Riccardo Riccò tests positive; Saunier Duval team withdraws from Tour de France
French anti-doping authorities and Saunier Duval team officials confirmed Thursday that Italian climbing sensation Ricardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) has ...
- Jul. 17, 2008
Stage 12: Cavendish collects 3rd stage win; Evans keeps yellow
Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) won the 12th stage of the 95th edition of the Tour de France — his third stage of this year’s race — as Cadel ...
- Jul. 17, 2008
Stage 12: The new dynamic of the 2008 Tour
With the Pyrénées in the rearview mirror, the riders in the 95th Tour de France can now look forward to three less nervous stages across the South ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Tour de France - Arvesen takes stage, Evans holds jersey
CSC’s Kurt Asle Arvesen emerged atop a successful 12-man break to take the 11th stage of the Tour de France Wednesday, outsprinting a group of four ...
- Jul. 16, 2008Stage 11: Stage 11 - By the numbers
Stage 11, Lannemezan to Foix, 167.5km
Weather Warmer, with moderate northerly winds, highs in the upper 80s
Stage ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France gallery, stage 11
- Jul. 16, 2008Stage 11: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 11
After a quality day of rest in Pau, complete with Chipotle burritos, it was straight back into racing today from the second the gun went off. With ...
- Jul. 16, 2008Stage 11: McQuaid: Spain needs to clean up its act
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called on the Spanish authorities to increase their efforts in the fight against doping after the latest doping ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 11
Don’t Touch His Shoulder:
Cadel Evans might be a charming bloke away from the TV cameras, but it’s quickly becoming obvious that he ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Vande Velde off the radar
Christian Vande Velde stepped out of the Garmin-Chipotle team bus Wednesday morning in Lannemazen to find a good-sized media scrum waiting to speak ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Second rider tests positive at Tour
Barloworld’s Moises Duenas has been pulled from the Tour de France after a urine sample provided after stage 4 showed signs of the blood booster ...
- Jul. 16, 2008
Stage 11: Saunier’s Secret - Mavic’s Pro-only prototype R-SYS wheelset
If Mavic sold the pro-only version of the R-SYS, which popped up at this year’s Tour, it would have been a winner from the beginning.
- Jul. 15, 2008
Rest Day 1: Evans relaxed and ready at rest-day get-together
There’s a “down home” quality to Cadel Evans that was emphasized by his rest-day get-together with the media on Tuesday. It was certainly not a ...
- Jul. 15, 2008Stage 9: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, Rest Day No. 1
Burning KohlBernhard Kohl is a man on the rise. The 26-year-old Austrian climber surged away at the base of Hautacam and rode straight into ...
- Jul. 15, 2008Rest Day 1: 17 teams will not seek ProTour licenses for '09
Seventeen of the world's top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking ProTour licenses for 2009, according to a statement released at ...
- Jul. 15, 2008
Long list of pre-race Tour de France faves are off the back
Unpredictable. That’s just what the Tour de France wanted when it designed a wild route this year without time bonuses, shorter time trials and no ...
- Jul. 15, 2008
Rest Day 1: Ask the Live Update Guy
Editor’s note:We’ve been doing Live Updates of Tour de France stages for 14 years now, and for many of those years the same cranky old ...
- Jul. 15, 2008Rest day: CSC plans to crush foes as Tour hits the Alps
CSC has promised a repeat of the collective power that virtually eliminated Caisse d’Epargne’s Alejandro Valverde from contention once the Tour ...
- Jul. 15, 2008Rest day: Valverde, Pereiro call Evans' team 'weak'
Australian rider Cadel Evans' tenuous grip on the yellow jersey is likely to be undone because of the "weakness" of his Silence-Lotto team, according ...
- Jul. 15, 2008
Rest Day 1: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Cadel Evans, the Boxing Kangaroo
When Phil Anderson became the first rider from the Southern Hemisphere to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France back in 1981, the French ...
- Jul. 14, 2008
Stage 10: Evans in yellow as Piepoli wins atop Hautacam
Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) seized the yellow jersey atop Hautacam on Monday as Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) won the mountainous stage 10 ...
- Jul. 14, 2008Stage 10: Stage 10 - By the numbers
Stage 10, Pau to Hautacam, 156km
Weather Partly cloudy, moderate northerly winds, highs in 60s
Stage winner ...
- Jul. 14, 2008Stage 10: Live Coverage - Stage 10 Tour de France, 2008
01:01 PM: Happy Bastille day and welcome
- Jul. 14, 2008
Stage 10: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France Gallery, stage 10
- Jul. 14, 2008
Stage 10: Vande Velde frustrated by Evans-Menchov lockdown
Christian Vande Velde had reason to smile following Monday’s summit finish up Hautacam. The Garmin-Chipotle captain remains within striking ...
- Jul. 14, 2008
Stage 10: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 10
That was one of the hardest days I've ever had on a bike. Just straight up suffering from 20 minutes in until crossing the line. I'm back on the bus ...
- Jul. 14, 2008
Stage 10: Tour Tech - More than Extreme
The paint job on Erik Zabel’s Colnago was originally used 25 years ago, but even that classic look can not hide the new form beneath it. Zabel ...
- Jul. 13, 2008
Stage 9: The Cobra strikes on the first real mountain stage of the 2008 Tour de France
Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Scott) won the ninth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday in a bold solo assault, while Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) ...
- Jul. 13, 2008
Stage 9: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Hautacam is this Tour’s first major challenge
On a day when race leader Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia admitted he was suffering, and third-placed Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner was dropped on ...
- Jul. 13, 2008
Stage 9: Mr. Rogers' Tour - Riccò rides right into questions
Not to minimize Stefan Schumacher’s surprising stage 4 time trial win, but the 2008 Tour de France saw its first truly amazing performance Sunday ...
- Jul. 13, 2008Stage 9: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 9
Schleck moving up
Andy Schleck quietly slipped into the best young rider’s white jersey in Sunday’s preview in the Pyrénées.
So ...
- Jul. 13, 2008Stage 9: Stage 9 - By the numbers
Stage 9, Toulouse to Bagneres-de-Bigorre, 224km
WeatherMostly cloudy, moderate westerly, northwesterly winds up to 15kph, ...
- Jul. 13, 2008
Stage 9: Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France Gallery, stage 9
- Jul. 13, 2008
Stage 9: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 9
After yesterday's stressful stage in the rain I woke up this morning feeling a bit groggy for the first time so far. Looking around at breakfast I ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 8: Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - Cavendish on top of the world
Sprinters who are capable of winning stages of the Tour de France rarely keep winning for long. They either burn themselves out (either mentally or ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 8: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 8
Today was a stressful day out on the roads of France for one and all. We woke up to beautiful sunny skies and what looked like it would be a warm ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 8: Mark Cavendish takes a second stage win while teammate Kim Kirchen retains the overall.
You might call it greed or an addiction to victory. Team Columbia — simultaneously eager to protect Kim Kirchen's overall lead and set up sprinter ...
- Jul. 12, 2008Stage 8: Stage 8 - By the numbers
Stage 8, Figeac to Toulouse, 172.5km
Weather: Light rain in morning, turning to heavier showers in afternoon, temperatures in the ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 8: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 8
WHAT MAKES CAV SO FAST? It looks like Mark Cavendish was born to win.
Despite losing the wheel of his lead-out man Gerard Ciolek ...
- Jul. 12, 2008Stage 8: Frank Schleck says he's happy to see Kirchen in yellow
CSC-Saxo Bank’s national Luxembourg champion Frank Schleck dismissed statements made by race leader Kim Kirchen Friday that there was no love lost ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 7: Beltrán case casts pall over Tour
One week. That’s all it took before a doping scandal erupted on the 2008 Tour de France.
Photos of Spanish veteran Manuel “Triki” Beltrán ...
- Jul. 12, 2008
Stage 7: Police take Beltran for questioning following positive test
French police have taken Spaniard Manuel Beltran away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 7: Sanchez nabs stage 7 of the 2008 Tour de France
Caisse d'Epargne's punchy climber Luis Leon Sanchez won the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday, attacking the lead group several times on ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 7: Kim Kirchen and the Schleck brothers are all from Luxembourg ...
The first skirmishes in the battle for the Tour de France yellow jersey left damage in their wake during the tumultuous seventh stage to here on ...
- Jul. 11, 2008Stage 7: One week in to the 2008 Tour de France — a status report
After seven stages, the 2008 Tour de France is one-third over and starting to take shape, even with the Monday’s first high-mountain stage looming ...
- Jul. 11, 2008Stage 7: Friday's semi-mountain stage was another tough day in a Tour with no easy stages.
There are no easy days in this very different Tour de France. This was especially true on Friday when stage 7 was raced more like a one-day classic ...
- Jul. 11, 2008Stage 7: Stage 7 - By the Numbers
Stage 7, Brioude to Aurillac, 159km
Weather: Sunny in morning, building clouds on climbs, cooler, late showers, strong cross and ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 7: A conversation with Christian Vande Velde: Vande Velde: ‘The strongest I’ve ever felt’
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) has been one of the revelations so far in the first week of the Tour de France.
Through the first opening ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 7: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 7
MILLAR TIME OVER David Millar officially gave up the chase for the yellow jersey after a give-all raid that ran out of air early in ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
What's Garmin-Chipotle on, anyway?
“Phew! That’s not even one of my farts! I told you, I’ve got four farts. My Heineken fart, my broccoli fart, my rice-pudding ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 7: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 7
Ouch.
Today was on! The first true blood comin’ out the ears, kick each other in the balls, scrape knuckles on the road sorta ...
- Jul. 11, 2008Stage 7: French agency dismisses doping claim
The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year's Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are about to be ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Tour Tech - The leading edge
Belgian-based frame builder Ridley has completed two new models in time for this year’s Tour de France with the goal of putting Silence-Lotto's top ...
- Jul. 11, 2008
Stage 6: Hail Columbia
While the spectacular battle for stage 6 unfolded on the erratic climb to Super-Besse on Thursday, I was standing at the finish line next to Bob ...
- Jul. 10, 2008Millar: "I can't do this!"
Britain's David Millar has all but given up hope of finally ending his eight-year wait to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey again.
However, ...
- Jul. 10, 2008
Stage 6: Riccò wins atop Super-Besse
Saunier Duval’s Riccardo Riccò put his money where his mouth was on the summit finish of stage 6, sprinting uphill for the win ahead of overall ...
- Jul. 10, 2008Stage 6: Live Coverage - Stage 6 Tour de France, 2008
12:57 PM: Good day and welcome
- Jul. 10, 2008Stage 6: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, Stage 6
RICCO A LA PANTANI? Will Riccardo Riccò pull a page from the playbook of his childhood hero, Marco Pantani, and surprise everyone at ...
- Jul. 10, 2008
Stage 6: Stage 6 - By the numbers
Stage 6, Aigurande to Super-Besse, 195.5km
Weather Partly sunny, warmer, highs in the 80s, light westerly wind
- Jul. 10, 2008
Stage 6: A conversation with Garmin executives at the Tour de France
Sponsoring a bike team makes good business sense, especially if you’re Garmin and one of the largest companies in the fast-growing, highly ...
- Jul. 10, 2008
Stage 6: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 6
Today was the first stage in this year's race where we hit some hills. After traversing Brittany we're now down into the heart of France and the ...
- Jul. 9, 2008
Stage 5: Cavendish outkicks bunch to win his first Tour stage
With 10km to go in stage 5 of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish’s Team Columbia teammates drilled it at the front of the chaotic peloton, burying ...
- Jul. 9, 2008
Stage 5: Tour de France tech: Cancellara's tricked out bike
CSC is not a Shimano-sponsored team. Instead, it buys the Shimano components it uses. You might be surprised that a team like CSC pays for its ...
- Jul. 9, 2008
Stage 5: Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson
The French fans finally saw a real sprint finish Wednesday — resulting in a superbly ...
- Jul. 9, 2008
Stage 5: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 5
Sun and a screaming tailwind made for what was one of the easiest days on a bike this year. We'd all prepared mentally for a hour-plus head smashing ...
- Jul. 9, 2008Stage 5: Stage 5 was a day of firsts at the 2008 Tour de France
Wednesday’s 232km stage from Cholet to Chatearoux might have been the fifth stage of this 2008 Tour de France, but in many respects it was a day of ...
- Jul. 9, 2008Stage 5: 2008 Tour de France: Stage 5, by the numbers
Stage 5, Cholet to Châteauroux, 232km
Weather: Partly cloudy in the morning, warm and sunny in afternoon, moderate westerly breeze ...
- Jul. 9, 2008Stage 5: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, Stage 5
Valverde scare: It looked innocuous on the medical report, just cuts and scrapes, but Alejandro Valverde’s Tour de France was nearly ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Casey Gibson shares behind the scenes photos of the Garmin-Chipotle team
Photographer Casey Gibson has been given full access to shoot behind the scenes with the Garmin-Chipotle team at the Tour. He will share some of his ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4: Schumacher wins the stage 4 time trial and takes the yellow
Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) rode to a dominant — if surprising — victory in stage 4 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, taking the yellow ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Stage 4: Staying out of yellow is key for Cadel
This Tour de France couldn’t be going any better for Cadel Evans. In four days of racing he and his Silence-Lotto team have ridden conservatively, ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4: Photographer Casey Gibson shares his best shots from the 2008 Tour de France
- Jul. 8, 2008Stage 4 : Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 4
Garmin party: Garmin-Chipotle was in a good mood today. The riders raced with a yellow dossard because they stood atop the team GC ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4 : Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 4
And now the real racing begins...
After three road stages on the rolling roads of Brittany, we had a bit of a change today with a ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Stage 4: 2008 Tour de France stage 4 - By the numbers
Stage 4, Cholet-Cholet, 29.5km (individual time trial)
Weather: Mostly sunny, with building clouds in afternoon, no rain. ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4: Evans pleased with Tour time trial results
While Gerolsteiner’s Stefan Schumacher scored an impressive ─ and surprising ─ win in Tuesday’s 29.5km individual time trial in Cholet, ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Stage 4: Schumacher has his own out-of-competition positive to explain
Germany's Stefan Schumacher pulled on the Tour de France yellow jersey here Tuesday, and was then forced to defend himself quickly over a positive ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Stage 4: Live Coverage - Stage 4 Tour de France, 2008
05:35 AM: Tune in Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. EDT
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4: Gerolsteiner test-drives Shimano's electronic time-trial shifters
Shimano’s electric time-trial shifters made their racing debut on Tuesday during the stage-4 individual time trial in Cholet.
Ever since the ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 3: Tour Tech - The new Volt
You’ve already seen the new Bell Volt helmet, even if you didn’t recognize it as new.
Thor Hushovd put the Volt in the spotlight of victory ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 3: Mr. Rogers' Tour - Will power
Oh so close.
Garmin Chipotle’s Will Frischkorn, out ahead of the peloton in a four-man breakaway from the first 10 kilometers of the Tour’s ...
- Jul. 8, 2008
Stage 4: Echelons, rain showers, crashes — and now a time trial
When I was an amateur racer in Brittany a few decades ago, one event I did was the local classic, Nantes-St. Nazaire. We raced on some of the same ...
- Jul. 7, 2008Stage 3: Stage 3 - By the numbers
Stage 3, Saint Malo to Nantes, 208km
Weather Intermittent showers, southwesterly winds, gusts up to 60kph, highs in ...
- Jul. 7, 2008
Stage 3: Tour de France stage 3: Will Frischkorn gets on the podium
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) outsprinted three breakaway mates to win stage 3 of the Tour de France on Monday, while Romain Feillu (Agritubel) took the ...
- Jul. 7, 2008Stage 3: Valverde has his eye on Tuesday's time trial
Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde willingly gave up the Tour de France lead on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced the hectic third stage with ...
- Jul. 7, 2008Stage 3: Menchov gets gapped
Rabobank’s Denis Menchov became the of the Tour de France's top yellow jersey contenders to lose a significant amount of time Monday when he got ...
- Jul. 7, 2008
Stage 3: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 3
First, apologies, as this one is going to be a bit shorter than normal. It's been a bit of a hectic afternoon and I'm writing this from the massage ...
- Jul. 7, 2008
Stage 3: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 3
BADGER STILL BITES: Don’t say the Bernard Hinault has lost any of his punch with old age. Just as Samuel Dumoulin was stepping atop the ...
- Jul. 7, 2008
Stage 3: Evans to wear a shorter TT lid
There is what’s best theoretically, and then what’s best in practical application.
As applies to time trial aerodynamics, riders and ...
- Jul. 7, 2008Stage 3: Live Coverage - Stage 3 Tour de France, 2008
12:44 PM: Good day and welcome
- Jul. 7, 2008
Stage 3: A conversation with Ryder Hesjedal
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Chipotle) is the first Canadian riding the Tour de France since Gord Fraser rode in 1997 with the small French team, La ...
- Jul. 6, 2008
Stage 2: Tour de France stage 2: Hushovd gets the win
Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) shot out of a chaotic bunch dash to win stage 2 of the 2008 Tour de France on Sunday. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse ...
- Jul. 6, 2008Stage 2: It’s the wind (and the hill), stupid!
Anyone who follows American politics knows that in the build-up to the 1992 presidential elections, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton had the message ...
- Jul. 6, 2008Stage 2: Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 2
A SECOND IS A MILE: Alejandro Valverde’s one-second grip on the yellow jersey might seem slim, but it should keep him in the maillot ...
- Jul. 6, 2008
Stage 2: Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 2
This part of France, Brittany, is a cycling-mad area. I could write again about the crowds, as they were just as impressive as yesterday, if not more ...
- Jul. 6, 2008
Stage 2: Tour de France leader Alejandro Valverde's custom Pinarello Prince
When Caisse D’Epargne superstar Alejandro Valverde stormed past Columbia’s Kim Kircken in the last 200 meters of the opening stage of the 2008 ...
- Jul. 6, 2008Stage 2: Stage 2, by the numbers
Stage 2, Auray to Saint-Brieuc, 164.5km
Speed 43.7 kmh (27.2 mph)
Weather Mostly cloudy skies, strong sou
