Tour de France

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...

By bikehiker(noreply@blogger.com) YELLOW ON SEVEN RIDERS...SO FAR. This is the seventh change in the Yellow Jersey in 13 stages. It's been on the back of Thor Hushovd (Norway), George Hincapie (USA), Tom Boonen (Belgium), Serhiy Honchar (Ukraine), Cyril Dessel (France), Floyd Landis (USA), and now, Pereiro (Spain).

CASTRES, France, 11:19 a.m. July 20 (AP): Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted to his second stage victory in this year's Tour de France in the 12th leg Friday, when Michael Rasmussen retained his overall lead despite being kicked off the Danish national team for violating drug-testing rules.

BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France -- Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leader's yellow jersey for a seventh straight day.

Bradley Wiggins earned his colours in the Tour de France as he led the sixth stage from Samur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse for almost 120 miles before Belgium's Tom Boonen won his first stage of this year's Tour. Phil Liggett reports.

Belgium's Tom Boonen won stage six of the Tour de France after Bradley Wiggins marked the 40th anniversary of the death of the great Tom Simpson with a lengthy solo break.

Cycling:  Belgium's Tom Boonen won stage six of the Tour de France after Bradley Wiggins marked the 40th anniversary of the death of the great Tom Simpson with a lengthy solo break.

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.

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy Tom Boonen sprinted to finish his prologue today, to keep from losing more time and keep himself in the hunt for the yellow jersey. Since the Tour enters Belgium in two days, Tommy-boy would like to have the yellow jersey on his back when he hits his native roads. I expect him to be riding very ag...

By Andrew Tour de France, Stage 5 — Beauvais - Caen, 225 kilometres Triple World Champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) today beat Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in a straight drag-race to the finish line to win stage 5 of the Tour de France. Freire was fastest in a bunch sprint that came after 225 kilometres of rac...