Tour de France route 2005
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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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Six times champion Lance Armstrong will  decide early in 2005 whether to take part in next year's Tour  de France, the itinerary of which was unveiled Thursday.
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Linus Gerdemann, riding in his first Tour de France, won the seventh stage today to take the yellow jersey.
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Tour de France riders raced south toward the Pyrenees on Tuesday&#039;s stage nine, their last flat ride before the race climbs into the mountains.
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Six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will decide in May whether he will return to defend his title in 2005.
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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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With his record six victories, Lance  Armstrong has proved he can win the Tour de France over any  course. Thursday organizers unveiled a 2005 route that suits  his rivals rather than the American.
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Reigning Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has hinted that he may not contest the cycling race in 2005. The six-time Tour winner has not raced since his victory in Paris earlier in the year, choosing not to compete at the Athens Olympics.
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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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Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win this year at the Tour de France, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept the overall lead in the 10th stage yesterday.
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Stage 5: Chablis to Autun, 113.4 miles. Stage winner: Filippo Pozzato (Italy), Liquigas, in 4 hours 39 minutes 1 second.
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The riders in the Tour de France will have a foretaste of the mountains on Thursday's 182.5 km fifth stage from Chablis to Autun, which is scattered with eight climbs.
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The 2005 Tour de France might give other riders their best chance to test Lance Armstrong, if he goes for a seventh consecutive title.
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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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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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Sport: Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins leads for most of the sixth stage only to be overhauled at the death.
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Cyclingâs crackdown on doping, and the retirement of Lance Armstrong in 2005, have caused teams to change their strategies and opened up the competition for the yellow jersey.