Boonen sprints to victory in Tour sixth stage
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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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Lance Armstrong will ride in this year's Tour de France and seek a seventh straight win.
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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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After a week of six long road stages, the Tour de France heads into the Alps on Saturday for four days of grueling mountain stages sure to cause a shake-up in the standings.
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Linus Gerdemann won the stage and took over the race leaderâs yellow jersey with a stunning ride over the Col de la ColombiÃ¨re in the French Alps on Saturday.
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Norway's Thor Hushovd powers home in a bunch sprint to take victory in stage four of the Tour de France.
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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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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.
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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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Stage 9 : Val d'Isere to Briancon, 99.1 miles. Stage winner : Juan Soler Hernandez (Colombia), Barloworld , in 4 hours 14 minutes 23 seconds.
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Felix Cardenas of Colombia won the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and defending champion Roberto Heras held onto the overall leader's jersey for the sixth straight day.
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Call it a race for recognition. After Monday's rest day, the Tour de France heads into its last ride through the Alps in the ninth stage Tuesday with the race finally starting to take shape &#151; and a new crop of contenders emerging.
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Felix Cardenas of Colombia won the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and defending champion Roberto Heras held onto the overall leader&#39;s jersey for the sixth straight day.
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Spanish cyclist Jose Cayetano Julia has won the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain, but Roberto Heras of Spain remains the overall leader as the race heads towards its end Sunday.
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In the last stage before three days of grueling mountain rides in the Alps, Tom Boonen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France and Fabian Cancellara retained the overall lead.
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CANTERBURY, England -- Australia's Robbie McEwen crashed over his handlebars with 12 miles left, got back on his bike and mustered the grit to win the first stage of the Tour de France on Sunday in a mad-dash sprint.
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Denmark's Martin Pedersen, of the CSC team, won the Tour of Britain following the 82km sixth and final stage in and around London won by Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen.