Tour de France

Turns out ‘Tour de Thai’ won’t compete with Tour de France any time soon
Much to the surprise of Tour de France organisers, sports officials in Thailand boldly announced they were in talks to host part of the three-week cycling...
Tour de Kazakhstan? With team’s success, Asian country wants TdF stages
Kazakhstan is some 4,800 kilometres away from the Champs Elysees and the other remarkable streets and roads of France, but the landlocked Asian nation’s...
Women’s cycling quietly crosses its own threshold as world watches Nibali
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the inaugural women’s version of the Tour de France on Sunday, a 55-mile circuit on the famous cobblestones of...
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali set to win Tour de France as last stage begins
Vincenzo Nibali and the Tour de France pack have begun the 21st and final stage of this year’s race, with the Italian poised to take home the leader’s...
Nibali wins Tour de France 10th stage; Contador quits after crash
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali stamped his dominance on the Tour de France by winning Stage 10 in the Vosges mountains on Monday—shortly after his biggest...
Cobblestones strike: Defending Tour de France champ Froome crashes out
Amid rainy weather and on slippery roads, Chris Froome took a second fall in Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday.
Tour de France ends UK stages in London after 2.5m watch in Yorkshire
German Marcel Kittel has won the third stage of the Tour de France - after thousands of fans watched a final sprint outside Buckingham Palace in London.
Tour de France receives royal welcome in England
Marcel Kittel of Germany won the first stage of the Tour de France in a crash-marred bunch sprint in front of royalty in the English countryside on Saturday.

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