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Boasson Hagen claims maiden Tour de France stage win

Boasson Hagen claims maiden Tour de France stage win

Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed his maiden Tour de France win when he powered to victory in the sixth stage on Thursday.

Stosur untroubled on low-key Sunday start

Winds and half-empty stands gave no sense of the usual Parisian glamour as last year’s French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur began with an easy win.

Contador masks weaknesses to secure third Tour title

A year after taking the opportunity to show his strength to win the Tour de France, Alberto Contador claimed his third title by hiding his weaknesses.

Contador takes control as broken chain hinders Schleck

Alberto Contador grabbed the Tour de France’s yellow jersey on Monday after a broken chain slowed down Andy Schleck.

Contador could not drop me, says Tour leader Schleck

Tour de France leader Andy Schleck said his main rival, Alberto Contador, should be worried after failing to shake him off in Sunday’s 14th stage.

Armstrong’s dream dashed much sooner than expected

Lance Armstrong was looking forward to the end of the Tour de France and it came much sooner than expected.

Waiting, mind games rule as Tour enters the Alps

The usual suspects for honours are likely to be cautious when the Tour de France enters the Alps on Sunday but the mind games have already started.

Petacchi sparkles, Cavendish struggles on Tour

Alessandro Petacchi produced a sparkling sprint to grab his second victory of the 2010 Tour on Wednesday in the 153,5-km fourth stage to Reims.

Bad day for Armstrong, Schleck out of Tour

The cobblestones of stage three took their toll on two leading Tour de France contenders on Tuesday.

Contador takes over on Armstrong’s return

Alberto Contador emerged as the new cycling boss on Sunday when the Spaniard wrapped up his second Tour de France title.

Federer ends long wait for French title

Roger Federer swept past Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 to clinch his first French Open title on Sunday and complete the full set of grand slam crowns.

Serena pulls out injured of Paris Open

World number one Serena Williams pulled out of the Paris Open before her semifinal against Russian Elena Dementieva with a right knee injury.

Spaniard Sastre wins Tour de France

Carlos Sastre of the CSC team became the third successive Spaniard to win the Tour de France after finishing safely in Sunday’s final stage.

Spaniard Sastre poised to win Tour de France

Spaniard Carlos Sastre was poised to win the Tour de France after surprisingly resisting Australia’s Cadel Evans in Saturday’s 53km time-trial.

Chavanel rewarded for efforts with maiden Tour win

Sylvain Chavanel’s persistence was rewarded on Friday with a first stage victory on the Tour de France.

Schleck takes Tour lead in crash-marred Alpine stage

Frank Schleck of Luxembourg took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey from Cadel Evans in a crash-marred first Alpine stage on Sunday.

Freire shows sprinting prowess to win Tour stage

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire honoured his green jersey with victory in the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.

Team sponsor Barloworld to quit after doping disaster

Barloworld will end their cycling team sponsorship after the Tour de France following the positive dope test of one of their riders this week.

Norway’s Arvesen gives CSC first Tour stage win

Norway’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen gave the CSC team their first stage victory on this year’s Tour de France on Wednesday.

Tour rider Duenas Nevado tests positive for EPO

Spain’s Moises Duenas Nevado tested positive for blood-boosting drug EPO after the fourth stage of the Tour de France, it was reported on Wednesday.