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By Associated Press Britain's Mark Cavendish has won the second stage of the Tour de France, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack.

Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tour de France, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack.

Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tour de France, the 187 kilometres from Monaco to Brignoles, today. The seven-times winner Lance Armstrong, back on the saddle after three and a half years in retirement, remained 10th overall after riding in the peloton all day.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain's Mark Cavendish has won the second stage of the Tour de France, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack.

By Gene Bisbee Mark Cavendish marked his 5th-ever win at the Tour de France on Sunday with a Stage 2 sprint just ahead of Washington's Tyler Farrar hanging onto his wheel. Meanwhile, Fabio Cancellara finished in the pack, easily holding onto the yellow jersey that he earned in the Stage 1 individual time...

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By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) With stage 1 now in the history books the Tour de France riders now turn their attention to stage 2 of this year's race. With stage 1 now in the history books the Tour de France riders now turn their attention to stage 2 of this year's race. According to CyclingNews.com "The 182km-route is not mou...

By Richard Williams The old aggression was there, but not the result to satisfy those who dreamed of seeing Lance Armstrong slip back into the yellow jersey on his return to the Tour de France. Cheered all the way round the 9.6 mile course of the opening stage in the 2009 Tour, the 37-year-old Texan nevertheless e...

Switzerland's Olympic time-trial champion, Fabian Cancellara, easily won the first stage of the 2009 Tour de France on Saturday in the Mediterranean principality of Monaco.

By Gene Bisbee Lance Armstrong tore through a 9.6-mile individual time trial course in Monaco at 20:12 on Saturday morning to set the best time among the early starters on the first stage of the 2009 Tour de France. Armstrong drew an early start time. He was 18th to launch himself down the ramp out of 180 cyc...

By Frank Steele If you're interested in the Tour de France, but you don't really get what's going on all the time, this is the post for you. The Tour de France is the biggest event in bicycle racing. It's a three-week race, starting on the first Saturday in July, that includes about 20 daily stages, and two rest...

By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) Overall team Astana had a great with 4 riders in the Top Ten. The weather was almost perfect for the opening stage of the Tour de France individual Time Trial, and when the last racer crossed the line it was Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara who came out on top by just 18 seconds...

By Richard Williams I'm feeling a great deal of excitement and a hell of a lot of nerves," Armstrong said. "The Tour is the jewel of cycling, the race that everybody pays attention to around the world. And what a beautiful setting and a great place to start."

By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) You can of course read our daily updates right here starting in a few days. We've partnered with long time bicycling journalist and co-author of Tour de France For Dummies, James Raia, to provide daily news report and podcasts from this year's tour.

By Richard Moore • British Cycling plans to build on Olympic success • Governing body aims to inspire mass participation It's an aspiration of British Cycling to succeed in the Tour de France," said Drake. "But we want to use the biggest annual sporting event in the world to inspire people ride a bike."

By Gene Bisbee Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond giving one example of why thinks there's widespread doping in cycling. He was speaking at the anti-doping Play the Game Conference at Coventry University in the UK. He went on to offer solutions to the problem, according to a report in that us...

By Richard Moore Meanwhile Bert Grabsch of Germany won the fourth stage of the Dauphiné Libéré ahead of the Australian Cadel Evans, who reclaimed the race leader's yellow jersey. Grabsch won the 42.4km time trial from Bourg-les-Valence to Valence yesterday in 51min 26sec. Evans took second place, seven s...

By editor GENEVA, May 3, 2009 (AFP) - Czech rider Roman Kreuziger of the Liquigas team won the Tour of Romandie after the fifth and final stage which was won by Spaniard Oscar Freire here on Sunday. Freire, a three-time world champion, claimed victory in a bunch sprint for his Rabobank team holding of...

By Lawrence Donegan Thank heavens for a thrilling Masters and the comedy goalkeeping of Petr Cech, otherwise we would have spent more time this week pondering the futility of life or, even more depressingly, the latest punch-up between Lance Armstrong and France.

By Rant The 27-year-old, who last rode for Team Gerolsteiner, said in a statement that, “I did not dope.” Schumacher said that he was sure that the court would “prove his innocence”. While Schumacher may well be guilty of the charges, it will be a while before his saga comes to an end.

By editor The newly unveiled, Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer™ Most Courageous Rider Jersey was awarded to Lance Armstrong (USA) of Astana, with the Herbalife Sprint Jersey went to two-time overall defending champion Leipheimer. The Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey was claimed by Mark Cavendis...

By Boulderblog Looking past the overall, the sprinters' battles should be ferocious. Columbia's Mark Cavendish is already in top shape, while Quick Step's Tom Boonen won two stages of the Tour of Qatar. Cervelo offers up Thor Hushovd; Saxo Bank has Juan Jose Haedo; Oscar Freire is here for Rabobank; and R...

 PA - gave many of racing's top teams - including Tour de France participants Garmin/Chipotle — a chance to pit their best young riders against one another. ...

Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year. Armstrong is scheduled to race the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The 100th anniversary edition of the Giro is scheduled for May 9-31. The Tour de France starts July 4.

By editor Round the back of a nondescript hotel, were 7 Giant bikes drying in the evening sun. Benny was in front with the team Columbia truck. 25 feet long with a washing machine and dryer in the front of the van providing a soundtrack for the interview. This is the fourth team van for smaller races. Conver...

By Fritz Maybe not too unbelievable, but disappointing none the less: Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco of Team Saunier Duval tested positive for synthetic EPO and CERA before the start of today's 12th Stage of the Tour de France. Saunier Duval has pulled out of the Tour de France.

Hockey’s Jaromír Jágr is bound for Russia after an illustrious career in the NHL; future Hall of Famer Dominik Hašek touches down in Czech Rep; Football’s Saturn Moscow eye Czech striker Václav Svěrkoš; the Czech Olympic team readies for Beijing; Kreuziger 37th after first two stages o...

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy(noreply@blogger.com) Team Columbia: Formerly Team High Road, which was the reborn T-Mobile, Columbia has probably the most boring team kit in the peloton... still. High Road was bad enough, but this new kit is just as bad if not worse. I will gladly design a new team kit for you Bob- for free- so just gimme a call. Get your...

 PA - These aren't the cyclists you'll see at the Tour de France or the Olympics this summer, but just give them a few years. In this race, the first of its kind ... Tour of Pennsylvania visits midstate this week The Patriot-News - PennLive.com all 3 news articles

By Blog Editor In fact, going for a bike ride with her turns into a cycling tutorial, which is good considering that nearly everything I learned about how to ride my road bike came from watching the Tour de France on television. ...

By Francisco My favourite sport is cycling. I have 6 bicycles, I always try to keep the bycicles I have ridden. I love not only to ride those bikes, but also to fix them. For about 10 years I used to cycle every Sunday morning on the roads of Madrid's mountains. For another 10 years I have also been cycling over mo...

Cycling: Tour of Pa. will be tough 450-mile test for young racers The race is called an "espoir," a Tour de France-style race featuring the world's top cyclists -- national champions, Olympians and future professionals ... Local cycling team to compete in major race Pittsburgh Tribune-Rev...

Sports in Brief | Landis' Tour win will go to runner-up Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - The Tour de France yellow jersey of Floyd Landis will be awarded to second-place finisher Oscar Pereiro next week. The Spanish cyclist will receive the 2006 ...

Listen to a report from the finish. Prodir-Saunier Duval's Luciano Pagliarini won the stage, but Discovery's George Hincapie, escorted by Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and teammate Levi Leipheimer, continued his ride in yellow and maintained his stranglehold on the overall...

German authorities said Tuesday they have received documents from doping expert Werner Franke which he claims show Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was involved in doping.

Astana team pulls out of Tour de France Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - The Kazakh rider, a one-time favorite to win cycling's premier event, was tested after his victory in the 13th stage time trial on Saturday. ...

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy So tomorrow is the second and final rest day of the Tour. Guys need it too... because Wednesday is another day of pain and suffering. Stage 16 serves up big doses of "owie, owie, owie" for the remaining riders of the Tour. 5 rated climbs- 1 cat 3, and 2 cat 1 and 2 "above category" climbs. The final climb...

The 142.6-mile 10th stage began shortly after the German cycling federation said Patrik Sinkewitz, a T-Mobile team rider who dropped out of the Tour after ... Tour de France still wide open TVNZ Tour de France Teams Review - Week One - Part 1 Daily Peloton

During the ride, at the lowest point, something very important happened. Something unexpected. I have been having a great year. Everything has been working. That was until Saturday when I ran head on into the heat. I was in the middle of many riders all alone. I was moving forward, but not all that...

Tom Boonen of Belgium won Fridays sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leaders yellow jersey for a seventh straight day.

Filippo Pozzato of Italy won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara held on to the leaders yellow jersey for the sixth straight day.

Swiss rider wins Tour de France prologue Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - With cyclists zooming past such landmarks as Parliament and Buckingham Palace and through Hyde Park, the 189 riders set off one by one in the race against ...

With the sport of cycling under intense pressure to clean up, the 189 riders scheduled to start the Tour de France on Saturday will be scrutinized more than ever.

You can also see the picture I picked for the show today. It is a picture of an empty finish line. It is so perfect for this show. Everyone has faith that the riders will come. Everyone has faith that they will see his or her favorite rider. Everyone has faith that in the end, the truth happens. I'm loya...

Live from the Tour de France with Jesse and Dr Allen Lim. Listen as Jesse from CycleOPS talks about the team dinner, and answers many listener questions. Do you want to win a Powertap? Now is your chance. Listen to THIS show as it will tell you how! Awesome picture of the riders.

Live from the Tour de France with Jesse, Dr Allen Lim and Robbie Ventura. Test ride the Prologue route talking about power and what it means. What really happened to Floyd Landis at the Prologue? Win a Powertap from CycleOPS. Check out what YOU can win by listening to the Tour de France Special.

Show 1: Live from the Tour de France. Listen as Jesse talks about a team ride and gives team introductions. Jesse rocks in his first spots from France. This is amazing how much access you will get on Team Phonak and Floyd Landis. This is awesome. You can also get a "tease video" of the ride Phonak had...

 South Africa - Jun 24, 2006 This is the best Ivan I've ever seen," said his CSC team manager Bjarne Riis, winner of the Tour de France in 1996. Basso and Ullrich will have to keep an eye ...

By SIRIUS Satellite Radio Stay on top of Lance Armstrong's quest to win a record 7th straight Tour de France with daily, behind-the-scenes commentary — often from Lance himself — only on SIRIUS. Reports are also available via podcast, so you can hear Lance on the go. The Tour starts on July 2 — listen in on FACTION // Ch. 2...