If history is any indication, the 2007 Tour de France will be full of surprises. Whenever there are no former winners on the start line — as will be the case this year — anything can happen. That was certainly the case with last year’s race, which had the largest number of surprises since Lance Armstrong took the first of his seven victories in 1999 — the only other time in the past 30 years when there were no previous winners in the field.
Jul. 7, 2007
TourTech: A matter of timing - Those little transponders The Tour de France no longer employs a small army of officials with stopwatches to time the riders. Instead, each rider has a transponder on his bike ...
Jul. 6, 2007
Pereiro will start with bib No. 11 Enrico Degano – an Italian on the Barloworld wild-card team – will be the first rider out of the gate in Saturday’s prologue start to the 94th ...
Jul. 6, 2007
McEwen sorry for Petacchi, but sick of doping stories Sympathy is not something Predictor-Lotto’s Robbie McEwen is usually known to offer his rivals. But on Thursday the Australian sprinter admitted he ...
Jul. 6, 2007
Millar doubtful about prologue; Mayo dreams of stage win David Millar hopes his tortured past and uncertain present doesn’t spell demise for his immediate future.
The Scot is battling ghosts of his ...
Jul. 6, 2007
London's not calling Armstrong, Landis Despite rumors that Americans Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong were to attend this weekend’s start of the Tour de France, neither is expected to ...
Jul. 6, 2007
Pereiro, Valverde field tough questions Spanish riders Oscar Pereiro and Alejandro Valverde outright refused to answer questions about Operación Puerto in face of heated queries from ...
Jul. 6, 2007
An evening in London - A Casey Gibson Gallery The Tour de France is ready to roll on Saturday afternoon in London, but on Friday night riders and fans celebrated the coming three-week spectacular ...
Jul. 6, 2007
Evans, Rogers lead Aussie charge at Tour Predictor-Lotto’s Cadel Evans and T-Mobile's Michael Rogers are leading a two-pronged Aussie bid for top finishes in the race's general ...
Jul. 6, 2007
Pre-prologue rule 'clarification' sends mechanics scrambling The tires are glued and bikes are prepped, but at 5 p.m. on the eve of the 2007 Tour de France. Many teams still have plenty to do. Earlier in the ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Riis opts out of Tour CSC director Bjarne Riis announced on Thursday he will not be present to follow his riders during this year's Tour.
In May the 43-year-old Dane ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Mechanics race the clock: T-Minus two days While the days leading up to Saturday’s prologue and start of the Tour de France is a time for the racers to go for easy spins and top off their ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Rabobank brings talent-laden roster to Tour Perhaps no team enters the Tour de France with as much potential in the race’s four jersey competitions as the Netherlands’ Rabobank squad. With ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Moreau aims for Tour podium In his 13th year as a professional, Ag2r-Prevoyance rider Christophe Moreau said Thursday he thinks he can do something he’s never done at the Tour ...
Jul. 5, 2007
SRAM Force set to make Tour debut, but Red gets all of the attention It’s easy for forget that SRAM’s Force group has never been used in the Tour de France.
The company had such a strong entry into the road ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Vino' draws fire for Ferrari ties If Alexandre Vinokourov expected an easy ride during Thursday’s press conference, he was in for something of a shock.
The Tour’s red-hot ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Confident Leipheimer ready to rumble A determined and confident Levi Leipheimer confronts the start of the 2007 Tour de France with new motivation after rejoining the American team ...
Jul. 5, 2007
Boonen looking for stage wins, redemption A year ago, Quick Step-Innergetic’s Tom Boonen came to the Tour de France with both the rainbow jersey and heavy expectations on his shoulders. The ...
Jul. 4, 2007
The Tour's new boss: A conversation with Christian Prudhomme Longtime race director Jean-Marie Leblanc has finally retired, leaving Christian Prudhomme in charge of the Tour de France. The 2007 edition starts ...
Jul. 4, 2007
Doping charge costs Petacchi his Tour berth Alessandro Petacchi lost his spot on Milram’s Tour de France team on Wednesday after being charged with doping by the Italian Olympic Committee ...
Jul. 4, 2007
Klöden weary of doping talk Tour de France hopeful Andreas Klöden said Wednesday that he was weary of trying to clear his name as other members of his Astana team are suspected ...
Jul. 3, 2007
Tour de France 2007: Boogerd’s last, Dekker debuts; Barloworld feeling aggressive Rabobank will see a passing of the baton as Michael Boogerd, the major Dutch rider of his generation, starts his final Tour de France while emerging ...
Jul. 2, 2007
Tour de France 2007: French teams dreaming big French team Ag2r will be hoping it can repeat its successful 2006 Tour de France, when it pushed Cyril Dessel and recently crowned French champion ...
Jul. 2, 2007
CONI promises Petacchi ruling in time for Tour Alessandro Petacchi, who produced a suspicious urine sample when tested for doping at the Giro d'Italia in May, attended a hearing at the ...
Jul. 2, 2007
Tour de France 2007: No No.1 at '07 Tour; Tour No. 1 bib missingThere won’t be a No. 1 bib in this year’s Tour de France typically handed out to the previous year’s winner.
With the ...
Jul. 1, 2007
Missing in Action: Who isn't at this Tour and why It’s no surprise that cycling analysts proclaim the 2007 Tour de Franceto be a wide-open contest.No former winner will be on the start line, and ...
Jul. 1, 2007
Tour de France - Past winners 1903 - Maurice Garin, (F) 1904 - Henri Cornet, (F)* 1905 - Louis Trousselier, (F) 1906 - Rene Pottier, (F) 1907 - Lucien Petit-Breton, (F) 1908 - ...
Jul. 1, 2007
To be determined: Landis - and '06 Tour - remain in limbo One week before the Tour de France begins without Floyd Landis defendinghis title, the U.S. cyclist who tested positive for exogenous testosteronecan ...
Jul. 1, 2007
TourTech: The advantage of lightweight jerseys? Saunier Duval-Prodir riders will carry a bit less weight over the big climbs than other teams, since their innovative Castelli Superleggera jerseys ...
Jul. 1, 2007
Fresh Canvas: Without past winners present, the ’07 Tour will be a wide-open affair If history is any indication, the 2007 Tour de France will be full of surprises.
Whenever there are no former winners on the start line — as will ...
Jun. 27, 2007
Discovery riding for Leipheimer Discovery Channel unveiled the nine-rider cast that will try to rekindle the Lance Armstrong glory years when it heads to London for the start of the ...
Jun. 24, 2007
Vino': ‘Now or never for Tour’ Alexandre Vinokourov has a score to settle with the Tour de France.
Last year, he was sidelined from starting the Tour after five of his then-Astana ...
Jun. 19, 2007
McQuaid urges pre-Tour anti-doping pledge UCI president Pat McQuaid on Tuesday called on ProTour riders to pledge their commitment to a dope-free Tour de France by making a sample of their ...
