Tony Martin wins stage 20 Tour de France, yet Cadel Evans on brink of Tour win
Tony Martin won the Tour’s 20th stage, an individual time trial of 42.5km, in 55min 33sec on Saturday. The time trial marks the formal end of the Tour de France,…
Edvald Boasson Hagen takes 17th stage win at Tour de France
July 20 2011 Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the Tour de France’s 17th stage on Wednesday, his second win of this year’s race. Boasson Hagen finished 40 seconds ahead of…
Tour de France television technician found dead
July 19, 2011 Early Monday morning a 59-year-old French television technician-driver Patrick Guay was found dead in a river near the finish line of today’s stage, in the town of…
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…
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…
Farrar sprints to Tour de France stage 4 win
Tyler Farrar sprinted first across the stage three finish line at the Tour de France on Monday. Farrar, a favoured sprinter, is a member of the American team Garmin-Cervelo. This…
Gilbert takes Tour de France stage 1 jersey
Belgian Philippe Gilbert took the yellow jersey on Saturday, winning the first leg of the Tour de France 2011 – three seconds ahead of two time runner-up Australia’s Cadel Evans.…