Shorter course unveiled for 2005 Dakar Rally
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The 27th edition of the Dakar Rally will begin in Spain on New Year&#39;s eve, taking racers through five countries on a much shortened route, organizers said Wednesday.
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The annual Dakar Rally was canceled Friday on the eve of the race across the Sahara Desert because of terror threats and the recent killings of a French family in Mauritania blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants.
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Already, big American-style four-by-fours are here. Soon, the roads of Europe will be dotted with smaller and medium-sized versions of the sports utility vehicle (SUV), one of the fastest-growing car segments.
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Britain's Colin McRae leads the car class  of the Dakar Rally after winning  Sunday's third stage.
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NASCAR officials decide to hand out smaller restrictor plates to reduce speeds before Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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KTM Have announced that 3 times Rally Dakar Winner Richard Sainct died today (Wednesday) while competing in the âRallye des Pharaonsâ in Egypt.
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The 2005 Tour de France will start on the tiny Atlantic island of Noirmoutier and will feature just three mountain finishes and one individual time-trial.
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Three-time Dakar Rally winner Richard Sainct has been killed in an accident during the fourth stage of the Rally of the Pharoahs in Egypt.
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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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he longest stage of the day - Kimun Kamuy - is the best opportunity for the drivers to catch or distance their closest opponents. Petter Solberg is the best at this game.
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COMPIEGNE, France  - There will be much to lose and little to gain in Wednesday's fourth stage of the Tour de France.
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The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced on Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cyclingâs doping-battered showcase race.
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The 2005 Tour de France - from 2-24 July - will travel 3,600km from the tiny Atlantic island of Noirmoutier, through Germany and on to the finish in Paris.
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The 2005 Tour de France may give others a chance to test Lance Armstrong. The mountaintop finishes are less intense and the time trials shorter - meaning the six-time Tour winner possibly has
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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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Motorsport.com. The layout of Silverstone&#39;s 5.14 kilometre track may be changed as part of modernising the circuit, according British Racing Drivers&#39; Club (BRDC) chief executive Alex Hooton.
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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.