Kittel delivers: yellow jersey from a stage win (Tour de France)
(Source: Tour de France) Stage summary29.06.2013Stage 1- Porto-Vecchio / Bastia The first stage of the 100th Tour de France was designed to end with a sprint. That's how it panned out but it was...
View ArticleGerman Rider Wins Tour de France’s Chaotic First Stage
BASTIA, France — The Tour de France’s first visit to Corsica started uneventfully Saturday, as riders rode calmly out of a picture-perfect harbor town under sunny skies. But as the peloton arrived in...
View ArticleCycling: Germany’s Marcel Kittel wins chaotic Stage 1 of Tour de France
Bastia, France • The Tour de France’s first visit to Corsica started uneventfully Saturday, as riders rode calmly out of a picture-perfect harbor town under sunny skies. But as the peloton arrived in...
View ArticleKittel wins first stage of the 100th Tour de France
Germany's Marcel Kittel has won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France. The world’s greatest cycling race, which opened in Corsica, is expected to pull 15 million spectators over the three-week,...
View ArticleTour de France kicks off second day
Day 2 of the 100th Tour de France has begun. Germany's Marcel Kittel won Saturday's first stage. The stage began shortly before 2 p.m. local time. Sunday's 156-kilometer (90-mile) Bastia-Ajaccio route...
View ArticleCavendish leads chorus of anger at Tour chaos
Mark Cavendish was among the most outspoken in his criticism as members of the Tour de France peloton turned their anger toward race organizers after Saturday’s opening stage was marred by a series of...
View ArticleTour de France 2013, stage three: as it happened
All the action and colour from the 145.5-kilometre third stage from Ajaccio to Calvi of the 100th edition of the Tour de France on the island of Corsica. Image 1 of 2 Luxembourg's Andy Schleck leads...
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 ArticleTour de France 2013: Mark Cavendish predicts crashes and chaos in Corsica
Monday's perilous stage is built for someone like Peter Sagan, who can roll with the hills and the punches from his fellow riders Britain's Mark Cavendish, second from right, rides in the pack along...
View Article2013 Tour de France: Bakelants wins 2nd stage
Story Highlights Jan Bakelants wins 2nd stage of the Tour de FranceBakelants made his move with a few hundred meters remainingGerman sprinter Marcel Kittel started the day in the lead but fell way...
View ArticleMarcel Kittel wins Stage 1 sprint
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica -- German rider Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish with Alexander Kristoff on Saturday. Former champion Alberto Contado was...
View ArticleGerrans sprints to stage victory
Simon Gerrans of Orica GreenEdge won the third stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish in Calvi as Peter Sagan settled for second. The Australian Gerrans beat the Cannondale rider by the...
View ArticleGreenEDGE in contention for yellow jersey
The yellow jersey battle is fierce early in the Tour. As it happened: Bakelants beats the bunch to take yellow Orica-GreenEDGE's South African member Daryl Impey is within striking range of taking the...
View ArticleThe 100th Tour de France Is a Bloody and Wildly Entertaining Mess
We're three stages into the 100th Tour de France, and if you're wondering why you should care, especially after Lance Armstrong's Oprah confession, it's because this merde has been insane. The madness...
View ArticleGerrans wins TDF third stage
L'ILE-ROUSSE, France – Australia's Simon Gerrans of the Orica-GreenEdge team won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday in a sprint finish at the end of the 145-kilometre ride from Ajaccio to...
View ArticleBakelants wins to take yellow
The RadioShack-Leopard rider formed part of a six-man breakaway group 6km from home and then made a solo bid for glory in the final kilometre. He looked to have run out of steam and appeared set to be...
View ArticleSimon Gerrans holds off Peter Sagan to win 3rd stage of Tour
Calvi Corsica • Australian sprinter to win Monday’s hilly third stage of the Tour de France by less than half a wheel. And Belgian rider Jan Bakelants did enough in the sweltering heat to keep the...
View ArticleTOUR DE FRANCE: Gerrans clinches Stage 3
Australia's Simon Gerrans of the OricaGreenEdge team won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday in a sprint finish at the end of the 145-kilometre ride from Ajaccio to Calvi on Corsica....
View ArticleCycling: Belgian wins second stage of Tour de France
University graduate Jan Bakelants pulled away close to the finish line to win Sunday's second stage of the Tour de France and take the race leader's yellow jersey for the first time in his...
View ArticleBakelants wins stage, claims yellow jersey
University graduate Jan Bakelants pulled away close to the finish line to win Sunday's second stage of the Tour de France and take the race leader's yellow jersey for the first time in his...
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