Hushovd wins stage 16th stage at Tour de France
July 19, 2011 Thor Hushovd won the 16th stage at the Tour de France on Tuesday. This is Hushovd’s second stage win of this year’s race. The win comes one…
Cavendish wins 15th stage of Tour de France
Mark Cavendish won stage 15 of the 2011 Tour de France on Saturday, his fourth stage win this year. Cavendish won by a narrow margin over Tyler Farrar, bringing Cavendish’s…
Venendert wins 14th stage of Tour de France
Jelle Vanendert won stage 14 of the 2011 Tour de France on Saturday, beating Samuel Sanchez ,who had previously won stage 12, by 21 seconds. The 14th stage, the third…
Thor Hushovd wins Tour de France stage 13
Norwegian Thor Hushovd claimed his ninth personal stage win when he crossed the line at the end of stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday. In the second…
Japanese World Cup player boosts Japan nuclear workers’ morale
The Japanese women’s team won 3-1 over Sweden on Wednesday. A substitute player on the Japanese women’s soccer team that led her country to its first-ever World Cup semi-final has…
Spain’s Sanchez wins Tour de France’s stage 12
Spanish Samuel Sanchez won the 209km 12th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday. The stage featured three climbs in the Pyrenees, two of which are the toughest in…
Cavendish claims green jersey in 11th stage Tour de France win
Mark Cavendish won his 18th Tour de France stage win on Wednesday by beating Andre Greipel and Tyler Farrar in the tour’s 11th stage. Cavendish now stands at seventh on…
Andre Greipel wins stage 10 Tour de France
Germany’s Andre Greipel of team Omega Pharma-Lotto sprinted to finish the Tour de France stage 10 on Tuesday. Greipel completed the 158km stage in 3 hours, 31 minutes, and 21…
Police investigate Tour de France collision
French police launched an investigation on Monday looking in to the Sunday crash between a car belonging to France Television 2/3 and Tour de France racers Juan Antonio Flecha of…
Tour de France chief expels driver from race
Tour de France organizers expelled the driver of a car that caused an accident with Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain and Johnny Hoogerland of the Netherlands on Sunday. The car,…