Cycling: Fans boost Tour opening
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Thousands of fans gather in Trafalgar Square for the opening ceremony of the 2007 Tour de France.
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There they'll be, with their featherweight bikes and those cool helmets, a hundred of the world's top riders whizzing through the Back Bay while thousands of fans pack the sidewalks and convoys of help wagons and support vehicles follow the pack. They'll whiz down Charles Street. They'll whiz away down Storrow. Then they'll come back and do it again.
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David Millar has picked up more prestigious jerseys on the Tour de France.
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The German cycling team that once featured Lance Armstrongâs archrival in the Tour de France is aiming to sign some top American riders for next season.
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The Rolling Stones' European tour kicked off in Belgium to a big crowd, rave reviews &#151; and a massive traffic jam.
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Organizers of the Vote for Change tour say they are pleased with initial ticket sales for the politically charged trek and expect shows to sell out by Labor Day.
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Switzerland&#39;s Fabian Cancellara, riding for the CSC team, won the opening prologue of the 2007 Tour de France, a 7.9km individual time trial, here on Saturday.
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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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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France  - The favorites will have to show their true colors when the Tour de France enters the Alps on Saturday.
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PARIS -- A city notorious for aggressive drivers was transformed into a giant bicycle-friendly zone beginning yesterday as part of an experiment being closely watched by US cities, including Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
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More than 90 minutes before Lance Armstrong led five yellow-jerseyed bicyclists from Downtown to PNC Park for the Tour of Hope cancer awareness rally yesterday, Angela
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Lance Armstrong will ride in this year's Tour de France and seek a seventh straight win.
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Racing fans are gathering as the four-day Cheltenham Festival gets under way on Tuesday.
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LONDON -- On a day when the Tour de France made a rare start in Britain and riders sped past Parliament and Buckingham Palace, the shadow of drugs remained inescapable in cycling.
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Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara wears the leaderâs yellow jersey into the final sprint stage of the first week of the Tour de France as riders tackle the 120-mile trek from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny today.
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The Tour de France starts in London with 189 riders riding 203 km to Kent in the race's first leg.
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L'ALPE D'HUEZ  - Seven-times Tour de France winner   Lance Armstrong believes cycling needs the support of its fans   following the doping scandal that prevented this year's   favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso competing.