Tour de France diary: Porto-Vecchio – nice view but a bit on the small side
Porto-Vecchio in Corsica, the starting point of the 2013 Tour de France. Photograph: Pascal Pochard Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images WEDNESDAY Bastia to Porto-Vecchio The drive from Bastia airport to...
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Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome, Britain’s Tour de France luminaries, were left breathing a huge sigh of relief last night at avoiding potential calamity after the 100th edition of the great race...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: bus driver causes 'carnage' as Orica Greenedge coach...
Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome, Britain’s Tour de France luminaries, were left breathing a huge sigh of relief last night at avoiding potential calamity after the 100th edition of the great race...
View ArticleGerrans wins third stage, Bakelants retains yellow
By Andy ScottPublished July 01, 2013AFP Simon Gerrans celebrates at Calvi, Corsica on July 1, 2013, after winning the third stage of the Tour de France. The Australian from the Orica-GreenEdge team...
View ArticleTour de France: German avoids crashes to win chaotic first stage
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View ArticleBakelants wins second stage of Tour de France
AJACCIO (France): Belgium's Jan Bakelants of the Radioshack Leopard team won the second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday to take the overall race leader's yellow jersey by a margin of one second....
View Article5 things to know about Tour de France: Bakelants serves up victory; Meander...
AJACCIO, Corsica — The Tour de France enters its third stage Monday. Five things to know: 1. BELGIAN BRAINS: Belgium’s Jan Bakelants showed he was street smart in winning Sunday’s second stage from...
View Article100th Tour de France off to a surprisingly chaotic start
John Leicester Associated Press Comments Brazil's Murilo Antoniobil Fischer, from left, Germany's Tony Martin and France's Tony Gallopin sit on the ground after a fall during the first stage of the...
View ArticleTour de France: Geraint Thomas shows his fighting qualities on stage three
If ever you needed proof of the strength, endurance and sheer bloody-mindedness of a Tour de France rider, Team Sky's Geraint Thomas is surely the living embodiment. Riding through the pain of a...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: Simon Gerrans wins stage three as Peter Sagan settles...
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 consecutive second=place finishes. Good timing: Simon Gerrans...
View ArticleKiwi Greg Henderson will lead way in Tour
Having to wait until he was 35 to ride his maiden Tour de France last year means Greg Henderson cherishes more than most his chance to ride in cycling's biggest event. He will again have the key role...
View ArticleEdvald fifth as Froome flies (Sky Procycling)
(Source: Sky Procycling) Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed fifth place in a fast-paced finish to stage two at the Tour de France while Chris Froome delivered a statement of intent to his rivals. Boasson...
View ArticleNEW: Mayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
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 demolition...
View ArticleBakelants wins 2nd stage of Tour de France
AJACCIO, Corsica — 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 ArticleTour de France - stage 1 (Cannondale Bicycle Corporation)
(Source: Cannondale Bicycle Corporation) The 100th Tour de France rolled out today embracing not history, but novelty. Rather than honoring the races' history by starting in an original stage city, or...
View ArticleBakelants cooks up a surprise in Ajaccio (Tour de France)
(Source: Tour de France) Stage summary30.06.2013Stage 2- Bastia / Ajaccio With every rider on the same time in general classification there was destined to be a shake up of the general classification...
View ArticleDennis has big hand in Hesjedal's recovery
Australian Rohan Dennis may be in his first Tour de France, but the 23-year-old showed in his first day of racing in the world's most prestigious bike race that he is not a rider who needs to be shown...
View ArticleUncertainty over finish line leads to crash, anger at Tour de France
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica — The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with Germany’s Marcel Kittel dodging all sorts of mayhem and outsprinting Russia’s Alexander Kristoff in a dash to the line...
View ArticleMajor crash mars opening stage of 100th Tour de France
Associated Press 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...
View ArticleMayhem Marks Start of 100th Tour de France
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 demolition...
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