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Jul. 26, 2007
Stage 17 - Pau to Castelsarrasin (188.5km)
The rolling terrain of the Armagnac region is perfect for breakaways, especially when a weary peloton is reluctant to chase. There are six climbs on this medium-length stage, but none of them is particularly steep or long. The final 60km is mainly flat.
Jul. 26, 2007
Contador dons yellow as Bennati wins Stage 17 At 12:40 p.m. local time Thursday, organizers of the Tour de France officially accepted the withdrawal of Michael Rasmussen, thus closing the book on ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Stage stats: Stage 17 Weather: Warm, highs in low 90s, moderate tail, crosswinds
Stage winner: Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) marked late attacks from Jens Voigt to ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Editorial: Rasmussen’s lies “Why did the Chicken cross the road?” questions filtered through the Tour de France press room Thursday following the news that former race ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Vande Velde's View: Lenny Yesterday was a long day.
It started out with a half-assed protest by the French. They only protested within their respective teams and didn't ...
Jul. 26, 2007
On the list, off the list - Alberto Contador and Operación Puerto In the chaotic hours before the start of the 2006 Tour de France, officials from the UCI and the Tour de France were frantically scouring a cryptic ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Stage 17 - A Casey Gibson Gallery Scandals, positives, arrests and ejections... and despite it all, the Tour rolls on. Our man Casey Gibson was there to record it from the media scrum ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Voigt, Millar deride dopers Germany's Jens Voigt led the criticism of the drug-laden cheats who have plunged this year's Tour de France into new depths of the on-going ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Tour Tech: Oakley's Blick keeps sponsored riders looking sharp In 1986, Greg LeMond became the first American to win the Tour de France; he did it wearing a pair of Oakley Eyeshades. That victory propelled the ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Despite scandal, London loves the Tour British sport bosses want to bring the Tour de France back to London despite the doping scandals that have tarnished the event.
The Tour has been ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Moreni freed by cops, sacked by Cofidis Disgraced Cofidis rider Cristian Moreni of Italy was released from police custody on Thursday after being detained since Wednesday, the Pau county ...
Jul. 26, 2007
WADA calls for anti-doping summit The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday upped the stakes in the Tour de France's battle to save its damaged credibility by calling for a ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Evans found Rasmussen's performances 'strange' Australia's Cadel Evans suggested Thursday he has always harbored doubts over the sporadic performances of Denmark's Michael Rasmussen, who ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Rabobank issues statement on Rasmussen Rabobank has issued a statement regarding the withdrawal and sacking of Michael Rasmussen, and has announced that it has conducted an additional ...
Jul. 26, 2007
Rasmussen calls ex-boss 'mad,' denies being in Italy Michael Rasmussen has reacted angrily to being kicked out of the Tour de France and sacked by his team after allegedly lying about his whereabouts ...
Jul. 26, 2007
European press writes Tour's obituary “The Tour is dead,” commented the French daily Liberation and the German paper Bild on Thursday after the dramatic dropping of yellow jersey ...
