Spain’s Alberto Contador is the Tour de France Champion after a spectacular final stage Sunday in Paris. Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck finished second and also goes home in the white young rider’s jersey for those 25-years or younger. Lance Armstrong finished third, not bad for a 37-year-old cancer survivor who retired from cycling four years ago.
Britain’s [...]
Barring a disaster on Sunday on the Champs Élysées, Lance Armstrong will finish in third place in this year’s Tour de France. He is not going to get the yellow jersey this time. How will that feel to the 37-year-old, seven-time Tour Champion who made a miracle comeback from cancer and now a comeback to [...]
Garate Wins Ventoux, Contador Secures Yellow Jersey, Armstrong Gets Podium Spot
Spain’s Manuel Garate won a tough 103-mile stage up the famed Mont Ventoux in today’s penultimate day of the Tour de France. Germany’s Tony Martin finished a close second– an impressive feat for the young rider from team Columbia HTC.
The intense race for the top [...]
A hard day at the office.
Watching the Tour de France at 6:00am! Sixteen guys ahead of the peloton just before the tough climb of Mont Ventoux. Allez, allez!
-Le Tour Babe
Lance Armstrong is starting to pick his Radio Shack team to race in next year’s Tour. One Montana guy is on the list of potential teammates. Armstrong figures the antlers may come in handy.
-Le Tour Babe
A Day for the Sprinters: Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
Britain’s Mark Cavendish won stage 19–a record fifth stage victory at this year’s Tour de France. Cav made it over a climb ten miles from the finish that observers guessed would leave him out of the final sprint. But with the help of his Columbia HTC teammates, the [...]
Lance Armstrong announced on Thursday that he will ride in the 2010 Tour de France with his new team sponsored by Radio Shack. The company put up a spartan website for the new team at teamradioshack.com. No word yet on who else is on the team, but here’s who won’t be: Alberto Contador!
-Le Tour Babe
Lance Armstrong can afford a nice bike. Take a look at the one he rode in the stage 18 time trial.
On Sunday’s last stage of the Tour de France, Armstrong will ride another fancy bike– one designed by controversial British artist Damien Hirst– the guy who cuts up cow heads and puts them in formaldehyde. [...]
Alberto Contador won the stage 18 time trial in Annecy and confirmed he is the rider to win this year’s Tour de France. Contador completed the 25-mile course in 48-minutes, 30-seconds, three seconds faster than world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara and a minute and a half faster than Lance Armstrong.
Armstrong moved into third place [...]
