Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme was understandably cautious after celebrating a scandal-free 96th edition on Sunday.
Alberto Contador emerged as the new cycling boss on Sunday when the Spaniard wrapped up his second Tour de France title.
Only a harsh twist of fate can prevent Alberto Contador from playing the leading role in the Champs-Élysées parade.
After three weeks and thousands of kilometres of riding, it all comes down to this: A soaring bald mountain in Provence.
Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck is unequivocal about the only way to beat yellow jersey rival Alberto Contador on the Tour de France, and that is to attack.
When Alberto Contador launched his bold attack in the final ascent, it was reminiscent of Lance Armstrong’s golden years.
Lance Armstrong continued playing mind games with his rival Alberto Contador on Sunday, hinting that he might be the strongest rider on the Tour.
Lance Armstrong was right when he predicted that Alberto Contador, his greatest rival on this year’s Tour de France, would attack in the mountains.
Lance Armstrong insists the gathering media storm around his efforts to claim an unprecedented eighth Tour de France victory is no distraction.
Australian Michael Rogers will head into the sixth stage of the Tour de France expecting the battle for the yellow jersey to soon move up a gear.
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong missed out on taking the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey by a fraction of a second on Tuesday.
Cadel Evans endured a test of his yellow jersey credentials on the third stage of the Tour de France which put Lance Armstrong in the limelight.
Lance Armstrong could not tell right away how much weight he burnt off in the second stage of the Tour de France, won by Mark Cavendish.