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The Tour de France cannot be won in one day, the saying goes, but it can be lost. Denis Menchov, a Russian rider for Rabobank who started the day in fourth place, 38 seconds behind the race leader, Frank Schleck, crossed the...
Rupert Guinness in Cuneo, Italy AFTER the first of three brutal days in the Alps, Cadel Evans has dared to give his rival CSC team a verbal tickle-up that smacked of either glowing confidence or audacity. Asked if a weight was...
Cadel Evans... bracing for further tough days in the Alps. (AFP: Joel Saget) Australia's Cadel Evans is bracing himself for a crucial two days of racing in the French Alps after giving up the Tour de France yellow jersey. On...
The CSC-Saxo Bank team had been warning for a week that its riders would attack Cadel Evans in the Alps. A group of 10 riders, including three from CSC, took turns attacking Evans for most of the 11.4-kilometer climb, about 7...
Published: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:11 a.m. MDT Saturday At Nimes, France 14th Stage A 120.9-mile ride from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains 1. Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, 4 hours, 13 minutes, 8 seconds. 2. Leonardo Duque, Colombia,...
