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PARIS — With his cycling future unknown, American Floyd Landis secured his improbable Tour de France victory Sunday with a casual, celebratory four-hour ride to the French capital. Floyd Landis American Floyd Landis celebrates his first Tour de France win. He is only the third American in history to…
MONTCEAU LES MINES, France — Barring catastrophe, Floyd Landis (Phonak) of Murrieta, Calif., will become the third American to win the Tour de France after he placed third Saturday in the 19th stage individual time trial. Sergei Honchar (T-Mobile) of the Ukraine captured his second dominating time trial win…
MACON, France — Matteo Tosatto (Quick-Step) of Italy rode to a strong Stage 18 sprint victory; the overall standings remained the same Friday after another scorching day at the Tour de France. Matteo Tosatto, Tour de France Quickstep’s Matteo Tosatto out-sprinted Christian Moreni for the Stage 18 win…
MORZINE, France – One day after his disastrous performance in the Alps, American Floyd Landis (Phonak) catapulted himself to within seconds of the Tour de France race lead Thursday with an equally dramatic stage win on the same famous mountain range. Floyd Landis Floyd Landis climbs to the first…
While Mikael Rasmussen (Rabobank) of Denmark rode to a long solo breakaway win, Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) of Spain regained the race lead, and former race leader Floyd Landis (Phonak) of Murrieta, Calif., badly faltered Wednesday during the 16th stage of the Tour de France.
L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France – Frank Schleck (CSC) of Luxembourg claimed the most important win of his career and American Floyd Landis (Phonak) of reclaimed the lead during Tuesday’s 25th anniversary stage finish to the most famous mountaintop of the Tour de France. L'Alpe d'Huez, Tour de France 2006…
GAP, France – Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) of France outsprinted Salvatore Commesso (Lampre) of Italy on Sunday to claim the Tour de France’s 14th stage, while Oscar Pereiro (Caisse Espargne) of Spain retained the leader’s jersey for the second day. Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo outsprints Italian Salvatore Commesso to…
MONTELIMAR, France – Jens Voigt (CSC) of Germany won the longest stage of the Tour de France on Saturday after the second straight day of hot weather in southern France. Meanwhile, in the overall classification standings, Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Espargne) of Spain became the race’s seventh yellow-jersey leader.
CARCASSONNE, France — Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) used repeated late attacks Friday en route to becoming the second Ukrainian stage winner on a scorching Bastille Day at Stage 12 of the Tour de France. Floyd Landis American Floyd Landis, center, was able to hold on to the yellow…
PLA-DE-BERET, Spain — Floyd Landis, degenerative hip working fine, became the sixth leader of this year’s Tour de France on Thursday when the Phonak rider from Murrieta, California, placed third in a three-rider breakaway finish to the largest ski resort in Spain. Floyd Landis, Tour de France…
PAU, France — Cyril Dessel (AG2R) of France surprisingly became the fifth leader of the Tour de France when he finished second Wednesday to Spain’s Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) in the mountainous tenth stage of the Tour de France. Tour de France 2006 Cyril Dessel (AG2R) of France…
DAX, France — Oscar Freire (Rabobank) of Spain launched a late sprint and held off Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) of Australia to claim his second stage win Tuesday in the 105.3-mile (169.5-kilometer) ninth stage of the Tour de France. Robbie McEwen pats Oscar Freire on the shoulder after Freire’s…
LORIENT, France — Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) of France broke from a six-rider pack with about 19 miles left in the stage to claimed the eighth stage of the Tour de France by more than two minutes Sunday. Sylvain Calzati winning Stage 8 of the Tour. (Beth Schneider) Sylvain…
RENNES, France — Former world titlist Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) of the Ukraine surprisingly became the fourth leader of the Tour de France after he rode to a dominating individual time trial victory Saturday. Honchar, who turned 36 four days ago and is one of the oldest riders in the…
VITRE, France – Australian Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) continued his dominating sprint finishes Friday, winning his third stage of the Tour de France and equaling his stage win total in last month’s Tour of Italy. Robbie McEwen, Tour de France 2006 Robbie McEwen snags his third stage win of…
CAEN, France – Three-time world road champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) of Spain used a bold sprinting attack to claim the fifth stage and his second career Tour de France stage win Thursday. 2006 tour de france Stage 5: Oscar Freire outsprints yellow jersey holder Tom Boonen for the…
Australia's veteran sprint specialist finishes strongly for his second stage win of the 2006 Tour de France and the tenth of his Tour career. Meanwhile, the 129-mile Stage 4 brings little change to the overall leaderboard, with Tom Boonen holding a slim one-second lead.