Tour de France

Tour de France

Who's Hot

  • Russell Downing

    Held off strong competition to win the Tour of Ireland, putting himself back in the frame for a World Championship and Team Sky place in the process.

  • Mark Cavendish

    The Columbia-HTC rider also had a good time on the Emerald Isle, winning Stage Two to notch up his 21st win of the season.

  • Emma Pooley

    The Cervelo TestTeam rider left the field behind to win her second World Cup round of 2009 in the Plouay GP, finishing some two-and-a-half minutes ahead of the main pack.

  • Tour of Britain

    The news that a major sponsorship deal with a leading mineral water company has September race is more evidence that the sport is on the up and up in the UK.

Who's Not

  • Lance Armstrong

    The Texan has had a mixed return to full-time racing, and his season came to an inauspicious end when he pulled out of the Tour of Ireland with back pains.

  • Tyler Farrar

    Missed out on the late breakaway in stage five of the Eneco Tour, allowing Edvald Boasson Hagen to snatch the overall lead which he is showing no sign of relinquishing.

  • Dope fiends

    In a recent poll among cycling fans, 71 per cent of voters called for convicted dopers to be banned from racing for life. Strangely, two per cent said they should not be banned at all.

  • Cycling postmen

    Royal Mail plan to phase out giving bikes to local posties after more than 120 years of two-wheeled rounds. Pashley Cycles, the firm which supplies the bikes, said: "We expect our arrangement with Royal Mail to end imminently."

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