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Wim Vansevenant is still the Lanterne Rouge going into the Alps. He is a comfortable six minutes behind the second to the last in the general classement.
After today’s stage (number 16 from Cuneo to Jausiers), Frank Schleck is now wearing the yellow jersey but he is only 7 seconds ahead of Bernard Kohl and 8 [...]

Riccardo Ricco is out of the Tour de France. He tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) and his team, Saunier-Duval, has pulled out of the Tour. Ricco won two mountain stages in this year’s Tour and wore the red peas jersey until today.

In today’s stage from Lavelanet to Narbonne, Mark Cavendish came in first, but Cadel [...]

What an exciting finish! Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) has taken the yellow jersey, only one second ahead of Frank Schleck. In third place overall is Christian Vandevelde. This is the first of the mountainous stages in the Pyrenees (from Paul to Hautacam), a beautiful but forbidding region, especially if you are on a bike. Kim Kirchen, [...]

Caisse d’Epargne rider Luis Leon Sanchez took the seventh stage of the Tour de France, so far, the most difficult stage with a steep climb at the end followed by a treacherous descent in the fog on wet roads. A number of riders had difficulty keeping their bikes on the slippery surface. But our Lanterne [...]

Kim Kirchen (Columbia) took the yellow jersey in the classement général with Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) coming in second and third. Meanwhile, two-time Tour de France Lanterne Rouge, Wim Vansevenant, is securing his position in last place. The winner of this sixth stage is Riccado Ricco (Saunier Duval).
Tomorrow, stage 7, sees the [...]

Another very exciting stage in the Tour de France! Mark Cavendish (Columbia) won it, with Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Erik Zabel (Milram) coming in second and third. Stefan Schumacher is the overall Tour leader (with the yellow jersey). A bit of unfortunate news: Mauricio Soler has dropped out of the Tour because of injuries from [...]

Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) won the second stage of the Tour de France, with Kim Kirchen and Gerald Ciolek coming in second and third, respectively. This was another exciting stage because the race is wide open. A surprising Lanterne Rouge is Barloworld’s Mauricio Soler, last year’s meilleur grimpeur (king of the mountains). Soler suffered a [...]