American team Columbia’s big opening week in the Tour de France has led to the maillot jaune.

Kim Kirchen grabbed the yellow leader’s jersey Thursday as he climbed with the other contenders to the mountaintop finish of Stage 6 at…

Sunday’s stage is another hilly route, 164.5 kilometers from Auray north to Saint-Brieuc, with three category 4 climbs and a category 3 — Cote de Mur de Bretagne, about 90 kilometers in.

Again, I’m looking for a Garmin-Chipotle rider to…

The only certainty with this year’s three-week bicycle race in France is that last year’s winner won’t win this year.

That would be Alberto Contador of the banned Astana team.

Beyond that, I’d say the two big favourites are last…

Ol’ 10 Speed has had a few days of R&R from cycle blogging, but my Big Magnus Backstedt is back on its Selle San Marco and I’m dreaming of Foot-Hi Pies at Trailnet’s ride this weekend.

But until then, a little about…

Emanuele Sella of CSF Group Navigare won Stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday, giving him his third mountain stage win in the race.

Sella, who broke away twice for his two previous victories, attacked this time on the final climb and rode away…

While some other elite sprinters, including Robbie McEwen, bailed out of the Giro d’Italia when the routes went uphill, Andre Greipel of American team High Road stuck with it.

The payoff: a presitigious stage win in a grand tour.

Greipel won Wednesday…

With two mountain stages and the final-stage time trial remaining in the Giro d’Italia, a victory by Alberto Contador isn’t assured by any means.

Although Astana’s 2007 Tour de France champ took the maglia rosa Sunday and increased his lead by…