Sports
Andre Greipel wins Stage 13 of Tour de France
July 15, 2012
American Landis is in third, 30 seconds behind leader Pereiro as race enters final two days.
July 22, 2006
Six-time champion keeps his lead, as Discovery Channel teammate Savoldelli wins the 17th stage, the longest of the Tour.
July 21, 2005
Five-time champion Bernard Hinault of France took the overall Tour de France lead Tuesday with a second-place finish in the mountainous 12th stage of the 23-stage, 2,500-mile bicycle race.
July 16, 1986
Travel & Experiences
American rider is welcomed in the hometown of a French five-time champion called ‘the Badger,’ who likes the Texan’s spirit.
July 11, 2004
Bernard Hinault clasped hands with American teammate and rival Greg LeMond moments before the Frenchman won the 18th stage of the Tour de France bicycle race Monday.
July 22, 1986
World & Nation
Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the former French president, was in obvious distress.
July 27, 1986
Frenchman Jean-Francois Bernard finished by himself Saturday to win the 153-mile 16th stage of the Tour de France bicycle race, while a rift is said to be developing between teammates Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond.
July 20, 1986
Frenchman Bernard Hinault lost no time in making an early bid for a record fifth Tour de France bicycle race victory Friday when he won the four-mile preliminary leg of the 24-day event by four seconds over Belgian Eric Vanderaerden.
June 29, 1985
With the Arc de Triomphe at his back and the end of the rainbow ahead of him, Greg LeMond coasted across the finish line Sunday, more relieved than elated to have become the first American to win the 83-year-old Tour de France.
July 28, 1986