Travel & Experiences
Tuesday was a rest day.
July 25, 2007
Sports
*--* At a Glance Highlights of the 16th stage: * Stage: Pau to Bayonne, a 122.5-mile trek in the Pyrenees, and the final of the Tour’s seven grueling mountain stages * Winner: American Tyler Hamilton, riding despite a broken collarbone suffered early in the Tour, in 4 hours, 59 minutes, 41 seconds; his first Tour stage victory * How others fared: Germany’s Jan Ullrich, a Tour winner in 1997, finished 17th, four-time champion Lance Armstrong placed 24th; Spain’s Iban Mayo was 37th; Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov was 50th * Yellow jersey: Armstrong retains lead in overall time of 70 hours, 37 minutes, 59 seconds -- 1:07 ahead of closest challenger Ullrich.
July 24, 2003
Friday’s highlights and a look ahead to today’s stage:* Stage 18: Friday’s stage took riders on a flat 131-mile course from Cahors to Angouleme, before an individual time trial today and Sunday’s ride to the finish in Paris. * Winner: French rider Sandy Casar won his first Tour stage -- despite hitting a dog on the way. * Yellow jersey: Spanish rider Alberto Contador of the Discovery Channel team kept the overall lead two days after the Rabobank team sent home former race leader Michael Rasmussen for lying about where he was while training last month.
July 28, 2007
Highlights from the 15th stage of the Tour de France: * Stage: The second of three grueling stages in the Pyrenees took riders on a 121.8-mile route from Foix to Loudenvielle-Le Louron. * Winner: Alexandre Vinokourov continues his topsy-turvy Tour.
July 24, 2007
Archives
Riders get another mostly flat ride today, a 131-mile course from Cahors to Angouleme, before Saturday’s 33-mile individual time trial and Sunday’s ride to the finish along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. * Stage 17: Riders cruised over mostly flat, picturesque country in southwestern France in the 117-mile course from Pau to Castelsarrasin. * Winner: Daniele Bennati of Italy collected his first Tour stage victory in a sprint ahead of a small group of breakaway riders.
July 27, 2007
* Stage: The third of three punishing mountain stretches in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border took riders 135.8 miles from Orthez to Gourette and featured two of the race’s most difficult climbs. * Winner: Overall leader Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning Wednesday’s stage.
July 26, 2007
Saturday’s highlights and a look at today’s finishing stage in Paris:
July 29, 2007
Monday was a rest day. Overall standings after eight stages.
July 17, 2007
Thibaut Pinot of France wins Stage 8 of Tour de France
July 8, 2012
Trailing Armstrong by 67 seconds in Tour de France, the second-place German won’t concede because of his strength in time trial.
July 23, 2003