Cav blames changes to finish
When the Orica GreenEdge team bus became lodged under the banner at the finish line with the peloton less than 20 kilometres away, the teams were initially told the finish line would be moved 3km...
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BASTIA, Corsica -- Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View Article>Mayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica (AP) — Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View ArticleMayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica (AP) -- Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View Article5 things to know about Tour de France: Crashes, chaos in Corsica _ where...
BASTIA, Corsica — The Tour de France enters its second stage on Sunday. Five things to know: 1. FINISH HERE ... NO, WAIT: THERE!The Tour’s 100th edition began with a chaotic first stage on Saturday....
View Article>5 things to know about Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica (AP) — The Tour de France enters its second stage on Sunday. Five things to know: 1. FINISH HERE ... NO, WAIT: THERE!The Tour's 100th edition began with a chaotic first stage on...
View Article5 things to know about Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica -- The Tour de France enters its second stage on Sunday. Five things to know: 1. FINISH HERE ... NO, WAIT: THERE!The Tour's 100th edition began with a chaotic first stage on Saturday....
View ArticleMarcel Kittel wins first stage of Tour de France
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica (AP) — German rider Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish with Alexander Kristoff amid farcical scenes and heavy crashes on Saturday....
View ArticleContador down as Kittel wins chaotic Tour start
BASTIA, France (Reuters) - Double champion Alberto Contador took a spectacular tumble as the Tour de France got off to a chaotic start with German Marcel Kittel winning a crash-marred opening stage on...
View ArticleNZ's Henderson seventh in Tour's opening stage
New Zealand's Greg Henderson was seventh in a bunch sprint for line honours in the opening stage of the Tour de France this morning (NZT). Henderson, the only Kiwi in this year's tour, is the lead-out...
View ArticleTOUR DE FRANCE: 5 things to know about world's biggest cycling race
By The Associated Press Posted: 06/28/2013 12:41:00 PM PDT Updated: 06/28/2013 12:46:03 PM PDT Alberto Contador of Spain, center, gestures during a training ride ahead of the start of Tour de France...
View ArticleTOUR DE FRANCE: Five things to know about world's biggest cycling race
By The Associated Press Posted: 06/28/2013 12:41:00 PM PDT Updated: 06/28/2013 11:40:52 PM PDT Alberto Contador of Spain, center, gestures during a training ride ahead of the start of Tour de France...
View ArticleMarcel Kittel emerges from the skittle to take opening stage
THE opening day of the 100th Tour de France ended in high farce with German sprinter Marcel Kittel of Argos Shimano ending the day in the yellow jersey. In a series of sensational incidents the...
View ArticleTour de France: Marcel Kittel takes yellow as stage-one chaos costs Mark...
Mark Cavendish missed out on the yellow jersey as a late crash and a trapped bus at the finish line caused chaos on the opening stage of the Tour de France. Germany's Marcel Kittel emerged from a...
View ArticleMarcel Kittel wins chaotic 1st stage of 100th Tour de France as several...
Ryder Hesjedal of Canada gives a thumbs up as he waits to take the start of the first stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 213 kilometers (133 miles) with start in Porto...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: as it happened
All the action and colour from the 213-kilometre first stage from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia of the 100th edition of the Tour de France on the island of Corsica. Image 1 of 3 Victory salute: Marcel...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: Germany's Marcel Kittel wins first stage
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica — The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with a bus stuck under an archway at the finish line until minutes before the first riders arrived. Shortly after the bus was...
View ArticleCycling: Marcel Kittel wins 1st stage of Tour de France
The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended in chaotic scenes with riders crashing and a bus parked on the finish line until moments from the end on Saturday. German rider Marcel Kittel escaped...
View ArticleTour de France 2013, stage one: as it happened
All the action and colour from the 213-kilometre first stage from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia of the 100th edition of the Tour de France on the island of Corsica. Image 1 of 3 Victory salute: Marcel...
View ArticleMarcel Kittel wins 1st stage of Tour de France
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica (AP) — The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with a bus stuck under an archway at the finish line until minutes before the first riders arrived. Shortly after the...
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