Rasmussen Wins 8th Tour de France Stage
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TIGNES, France -- Michael Rasmussen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday to take the overall lead in the race after a second day of grueling climbs in the Alps.
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Gert Steegmans edges out Quick-Step team-mate Tom Boonen to win stage two of the Tour de France on Monday.
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Yaroslav Popovych won stage 12 of the Tour de France on Friday, while American Floyd Landis retained the yellow jersey of the overall leader.
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Linus Gerdemann, riding in his first Tour de France, won the seventh stage today to take the yellow jersey.
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Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced yet again. Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win a stage this year, but his victory and the Tour were overshadowed by the announcement of the doping test on cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz during a training session last month that turned up high levels of testosterone.
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GHENT, Belgium -- Gert Steegmans won the second stage of the Tour de France in his home country Monday, with many riders left cut and bruised following a crash minutes before the finish.
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Spain's Javier Pascual Rodriguez edged Colombia's Ivan Parra at the finish Thursday to win the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, his fourth win of the race.
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Thor Hushovd of Norway wins the fourth stage of the Tour de France, while Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara maintains the overall lead.
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Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, with Tour de France winner Floyd Landis attending the final stage to support his former teammates.
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Alexander Vinokourov may be out of the competition for the overall Tour de France victory. But that has not stopped the determined Astana team leader from riding his best on a stage-by-stage basis.
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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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Michael Rasmussen put in a stellar ride Saturday in the first of two time trials in the Tour de France and maintained his grip on the yellow jersey by one minute over Cadel Evans.
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Secondo l'Equipe, il ciclista Michael Rasmussen usÃ² la famigerata Epo al Tour de France, ma non puÃ² ...
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Alexandre Vinokourov wins the first individual time-trial of this year's Tour by more than a minute.
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Sport: Tour de France: Vinokourov's Tour over after he failed to complete a gruelling Alpine stage.
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BRIANCON, France -- Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez of Colombia won Tuesday's ninth stage of the Tour de France, with Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retaining the yellow jersey after the last Alpine stage.
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Luis PÃ©rez of Spain won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a yesterday, and Denis Menchov of Russia retained the overall lead. The 19th stage today is an 83.9-mile race from Avila to Alto de Abantos. The race ends Sunday in Madrid.