Tour of California Heads for the Hills in Stage 3
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After two days of sprint finishes by a largely intact peloton, the Tour of California will receive a sharp jolt Wednesday, when the route includes two significant climbs.
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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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Lance Armstrong will be back in the saddle at this year's Tour de France, chasing title No. 7.
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The Tour de France route for 2005 has one less time-trial and just three mountain finishes.
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July 15 -- Stage 8, Le Grand Bornand to Tignes, 102.5 miles After dawdling around for a week of stages suited to sprint finishers or breakaways, the Tour gets serious with its first uphill finish and one of only three in this year's race. The stage features three Category 1 climbs, and the first, up the Cornet de Roselend, is ...
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By Jagdip Dhillon, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 19--The cyclists will pedal through downtown and out in about 15 minutes, but there has been a lot of work done to make Stockton a stage location for the Tour of California bike race.
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Tour de France organizers have designed a balanced route for the 95th edition of the world's premier stage race next year with a brutal climb up L'Alpe d'Huez in the final week set to potentially decide the eventual outcome.
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THE beauty of the downhill lies in its simplicity. It is man against mountain. That, and also the fact that, as Finlay Mickel says, &quot;you need some balls&quot; to take on the mountain at speeds touching 80mph.
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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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Riding the grueling Tour de France bike race takes strength, stamina &#151; and perhaps a heart nearly 40 percent bigger than normal.
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The sprinters will have a last chance to shine on Friday's 199.5-km sixth stage from Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse before the Tour de France enters the Alps.
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British rider David Millar leads stage one of the Tour de France as it leaves London bound for Canterbury.
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The route of the 2005 Tour de France was announced yesterday, and the changes look set to test the dominance of the reigning champion, Lance Armstrong.
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The riders face eight climbs on stage five as the Tour de France speeds towards the Alps.
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Sport: UK's David Millar remains third in Tour de France standings after some skilful climbing in Kent.
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AP Correspondent John Leicester is covering the Tour de France and he and other AP writers will be filing periodic reports on the race, the three-week cycling extravangza that gets underway on Saturday.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - The favorites will be expected to test each other during the 159.5-km ninth stage of the Tour de France from Val d'Isere to Briancon on Tuesday.