Longest Tour de France stage another chance for Boonen
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GHENT, Belgium  - Former world champion Tom Boonen gets another chance to win his first Tour de France sprint in two years when the third stage takes the peloton over 236.5 km from Waregem to Compiegne on Tuesday.
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CALGARY -- Kananaskis Country will take on a Tour de France feel tomorrow as its perennial champion Lance Armstrong leads a swarm of cyclists through the Rockies.
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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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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France -- Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leader's yellow jersey for a seventh straight day.
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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France  - Belgian Tom Boonen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 199.5-km ride from Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse on Friday.
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After mulling the decision for more than six months, Lance Armstrong announced on Wednesday that he would compete in this year's Tour de France.
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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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Alexandre Vinokourov, one of the pre-race favorites to win the Tour de France, grabbed his second stage victory Monday. But the Kazakh rider lost nearly 29 minutes on Sunday to overall leader Michael Rassmussen and stands little chance of winning the overall title.
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Robbie Hunter takes the 11th stage of the Tour de France in Montpellier.
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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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Sport: Tour de France: Colombian Juan Mauricio Soler wins stage nine on a brutal day in the Alps.
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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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Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's 12th stage of the Tour de France, his second stage victory this year, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retained the overall lead.
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Stage 12: Montpellier to Castres, 110.9 miles. Stage winner: Tom Boonen (Belgium), Quick Step Innergetic , in 4 hours 25 minutes 32 seconds.
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AMERICAN legend Lance Armstrong looks set to shelve plans to try to win a seventh successive Tour de France. The 33-year-old told L&#39;Equipe newspaper yesterday he had other ambitions in the sport before he
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Il belga Tom Boonen (Quick Step) ha vinto la semi classica belga Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne battendo al...
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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.