Alberto Contador put in a game effort Sunday in the final stage of Paris-Nice, but it wasn’t enough to affect the overall race result.

Contador finished second in the stage behind former teammate Antonio Colom of Katusha, and he took back but 17…

The Schleck boys, Andy (left) and Frank, of Luxenbourg, trains near the Great Wall of China in Badaling, 78 km north of Beijing on August 6, 2008 just two days ahead of the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.…

Once the Tour de France reached the Alps, Cadel Evans’ Silence-Lotto teammates, shown here protecting him in Stage 13, were nowhere to be found. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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For the second straight year, Cadel Evans finished second in the Tour de France,…

Carlos Sastre of CSC-Saxo Bank knows the maillot jaune will be his in Paris as he crosses the finishing line Saturday in Stage 20  of the Tour de France — a 53 kilometers (33 miles) individual time trial between Cerilly…

The weather forecast for Saturday calls for less than ideal conditions for the decisive time trial at the Tour de France, a 53 kilometer effort from Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Quelques averses … Risque de précip. 30% … Taux maximum d’humidité 75%

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CSC-Saxo Bank did it again Wednesday at the Tour de France.

Stuart O’Grady, Fabian Cancellara and Vladimir Gustov rode a wicked pace at the front of the peloton on the Col du Galibier and the Col de la Croix de Fer…

CSC-Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck in the yellow jersey rides safely in the slipstream behind teammates Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre on Cime de la Bonette-Restefond on Tuesday in Stage 16. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

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For the second successive mountain stage, CSC-Saxo Bank…

After two weeks of the Tour de France, Versus has become permanently burned into the television at 10 Speed’s house, we’ve watched every stage at least twice, and the dog’s doin’ the Mojito.

We love this race.

And this year’s edition has…

Columbia’s Kim Kirchen remained in the maillot jaune Friday at the Tour de France, finishing in the group six seconds behind Stage 7 winner Luis -Leon Sanchez, a lieutenant Caisse d’Epargne’s Alejandro Valverde.

Most of the top contenders — Silence-Lotto’s Cadel…

One of the pre-race favourites, Alejandro Valverde, won Stage 1 of the three-week bicycle race in France, passing Columbia’s Kim Kirchen with a big acceleration in the final 200 meters on the uphill finish into Plumelec for the stage win…