Stuntmen to tackle Paris-Dakar route -- on foot
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Two years ago, Raimundo Querido worked in  a bank in a poor Paris suburb. Now he earns a living jumping  off roofs, climbing up towering walls and somersaulting into  flowerbeds.
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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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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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A cyclist hoping to become the fastest person to bike around the world enters the final stages of his challenge.
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The terms were simple enough. Be the first to fly three people or the equivalent weight 62 miles high. Do it a second time within two weeks.
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One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into a haven for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Slow through the flats and fast in the mountains -- that's just what some riders are predicting as the Tour de France enters the Alps.
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Brazil&#39;s champions are being flown from Europe to compete at high altitude in Ecuador without acclimatization. Iraq is competing against the Palestinian team.
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Siphiwe Sibeko, 35, is mostly a self taught photographer who was born and grew up in Soweto township, South Africa. After working for some leading South African newspapers as a senior photographer, he joined Reuters in 2005. Julien Pretot, 31, is a Paris-based sports reporter since 2001. Both paired up for the African Nations Cup in Ghana. In the following story, Julien describes the women construction workers he and Siphiew befriended as they passed them on their way to the Essipon stadium in S
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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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Theme parks are planning ÂFear Factor LiveÂ attractions that will ask contestants to try frightening stunts while vacationing.
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A team of French doctors will operate on a man under near-weightless conditions on Wednesday &#151; a world first and what they hope will be a step toward performing surgery in space.
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Earthbound adventurers outfitted with special kites and harnesses are using wind power to reach some of the most remote spots on the planet.
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Three ultra-endurance athletes have just done something most would consider insane: They ran the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days to become the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert's grueling 4,000 miles.
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A Guinean teenager was caught trying to   hitch a ride to Paris on an Air France plane on Thursday, the   latest young African to risk his life in the hope of breaching   "Fortress Europe," state radio said.
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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: Frenchmen Vincent Riou and Jean le Cam were being chased to the finish line by Britain's Mike Golding with less than 500 miles to go in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race.