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Cycling Odds: 2010 Tour de France Starts Saturday

The Super Bowl of cycling – and, frankly, the only time most Americans care about the sport even a little – begins Saturday as the Tour de France kicks off … in the Netherlands? Yep, the three-week, nearly 2,263-mile e [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Tour de France 2010: Lance Armstrong announces second retire...

Armstrong will lead his RadioShack team at the Tour de France that starts in Rotterdam on Saturday for the final time after the 38 year-old Texan made the announcement on Twitter on Monday evening. "This will be final Tour de [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Armstrong announces Tour de France retirement on Twitter

Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong has announced next month’s Tour de France will be his last.‘‘And yes, this will be final Tour de France. It’s been a great ride. Looking forward to three great weeks,’&rsquo [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Armstrong says 2010 Tour will be his last

The 38-year-old American, two years into a second comeback, revealed the news through his Twitter website just days before he begins his campaign for an unprecedented eighth victory in the grueling event. "And yes, this will be (my) [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Boonen out of Tour de France

Belgian rider Tom Boonen will miss the Tour de France because of a knee injury, his Quick Step team announced on Friday. The Belgian champion will also be unable to ride in Sunday's race at Louvain which he won last year. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 1

Gesink claims leaders jersey in Tour of Switzerland

Robert Gesink of the Netherlands won the gruelling sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland and claimed the race leader's jersey Thursday while Lance Armstrong showed he was returning to top form by finishing fifth. Gesink, who tr [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

RadioShack seething over Tour of Spain omission

RadioShack were the major absentee among the 22 squads selected by tour organizers for the 2010 edition of the race when they released the team roster on Monday. "I am not only surprised, I am speechless," RadioShack team manag [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Cycle Sport Tour de France guide on sale now

With the Tour de France looming, and the final warm-up races taking place right now, we've interviewed the last two winners. We have an exclusive chat with defending champion and hot favourite Alberto Contador, who informs us. Th [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Armstrong remains third at Tour of Luxembourg

Lance Armstrong doesn't have the legs to win the Tour of Luxembourg and the seven-time Tour de France champion isn't really worried about it. Armstrong, who is competing in the race as part of his preparations for the Tour de Fra [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Cycling Tour of Romania - 1,178 km to ride and 90 racers at...

The Cycling Tour of Romania, at its 47th edition this year, and marking 100 years of bicycle race in Romania, will be carried out over May – June 12, between Deva (central) and Constanta (south-east), in seven stages and a prologue [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Aussie Michael Rogers wins Tour of California

Michael Rogers of Australia won the Tour of California on Sunday, overcoming several challenges in the final miles to capture a race overshadowed by Floyd Landis' accusations of doping by Lance Armstrong. Rogers won by 9 seconds [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Aussie cyclist Rogers captures Tour of California

Aussie Michael Rogers won the Tour of California Sunday, edging runner-up David Zabriskie and upstaging three-time defending champ Levi Leipheimer, who finished third. Canadian Ryder Hesjedal won the 134.4 km (83 mile) final stage [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Zabriskie takes lead in Tour of California

American David Zabriskie won the third stage of the Tour of California by inches over Michael Rogers of Australia to take over the race lead on Tuesday. Zabriskie won the 113.3-mile (182.3-kilometer) stage from San Francisco to Santa Cru [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Lancaster grabs lead in Tour of California

Brett Lancaster gave Australia its second big cycling tour stage victory in one day as he claimed the overall lead in the Tour of California on Monday. Cervelo team member Lancaster surged ahead of a bunch of 26 riders in the last metres [...]