Boonen wins Stage 6 -- but it's slow going
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Slow through the flats and fast in the mountains -- that's just what some riders are predicting as the Tour de France enters the Alps.
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ALBI, France  - Alexander Vinokourov ended a difficult week with victory in Saturday's 54-km (33.5 miles) time trial to put himself back in contention in the Tour de France.
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Stage 8: Le Grand Bornand to Tignes, 102 1/2 miles. Stage winner: Michael Rasmussen, Rabobank, in 4 hours 49 minutes 40 seconds.
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All 172 riders set off westward Thursday in the fifth stage of the Tour de France with sprinting specialist Tom Boonen in the overall lead.
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CASTRES, France  - Belgian Tom Boonen made an important step towards his first green jersey with victory in the 178.5-km 12th stage of the Tour de France on Friday.
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Tom Boonen wins stage 12 of the Tour de France in Castres from green jersey rivals Erik Zabel and Robbie Hunter.
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Linus Gerdemann of Germany won Saturdayâs seventh stage of the Tour de France to take the overall leaderâs yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps.
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The Tour de France set off from Belgium on Wednesday with world champion Tom Boonen wearing the yellow jersey on his home turf.
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Italian Alessandro Petacchi scooped the bunch sprint to win Sunday&#39;s second stage of the Tour of Spain. German Erik Zabel was second in the 207 k run from Leon to Burgos with Spaniard Oscar Freire finishing third.
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Stage 5: Chablis to Autun, 113.4 miles. Stage winner: Filippo Pozzato (Italy), Liquigas, in 4 hours 39 minutes 1 second.
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Stage 6: Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse, 123.9 miles. Stage winner: Tom Boonen (Belgium), Quick-Step, in 5 hours 20 minutes 59 seconds.
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Quick Step-Innergetic team leader Tom Boonen, Belgiumâs biggest cycling star, helped his sprint partner and compatriot Gert Steegmans to his first Tour de France stage victory.
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SACRAMENTO, Ca.  - Former world road champion Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted past Mark Cavendish of Britain in the final 50 meters to win a rainy second stage of the Tour of California on Tuesday.
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Lance Armstrong is unsure whether he will ride in next summer's Tour de France, saying he'd like to compete in other races. Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in yesterday's edition of L'Equipe that it is &quot;time to move on to other things.&quot; He had been somewhat evasive about whether he would return ...
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Overall leader: Michael Rasmussen (Denmark), Rabobank, by 43 seconds over Linus Gerdemann (Germany), T-Mobile. Inside the peloton: Team CSC veteran Jens Voigt of Germany, on the Tour's first long time trial Saturday: "It's only important for 25 riders. For me, it's 'ride as slow as I can and still make the time cut.' It's half of a rest day." His ...
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Next year&#39;s Tour de France cycling race may give others a chance to test Lance Armstrong. The mountain-top finishes are less intense and the time trials shorter - meaning the six-time Tour winner possibly
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Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted to his second stage victory in this year's Tour de France in the 12th leg yesterday, when Michael Rasmussen retained his overall lead despite being kicked off the Danish national team for violating drug-testing rules.