Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 54 minutes ago
The pilgrims came in their tens of thousands to Alpe d'Huez. On bikes and on foot. Impersonating Elvis or dressed as the devil. From Bourg d'Oisans and from all over the world.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Follow the action from Bourg d'Oisans to St-Etienne with Barry Glendenning from 1.30pm
icWales (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
FRANK Schleck surrendered the yellow jersey to team-mate Carlos Sastre as the Spaniard kicked away to a convincing victory on Alpe d’Huez in the 17th stage of the Tour de France.
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Doping scandals continue to tarnish the glory of cycling's top event - the Tour de France. A book by a disillusioned fan examines the sport's hard-to-kick drug habit Bad Blood: the Secret Life of the Tour de FranceJeremy WhittleYellow Jersey Press, 288pp, £12.99 Ten years ago, the Tour de France was about to start when the stunning news broke: the car of the Festina team, driven by Willy Voet, the...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Carlos Sastre is in the yellow jersey as the Tour de France enters its 18th stage today.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
TOUR DE FRANCE L'ALPE-D'HUEZ, France – With a formidable display of climbing prowess on the toughest mountain in this year's Tour de France, Carlos Sastre took the race leader's yellow jersey yesterday and set up a four-man showdown for the tour victory in Saturday's final time trial.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
A GREAT stage demands a dramatic performance, and at last someone has made the big gesture intended to break the stalemate in the 2008 Tour de France. The leaders in yesterday's 17th stage had barely set foot on the first of the 21 rungs of the Alpe d'Huez when Carlos Sastre jumped out of the bunch.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Le Bourg-d'Oisans, France - The 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France got under way Thursday in the Alpine town of Le Bourg- d'Oisans, with the outcome of the title race still far from decided. When the stage started, Spaniard Carlos Sastre was weari...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I'm dedicating the next two days to stumping for Erik Zabel to win a stage. [Warning: it's not entirely clear when he's planning to retire, but it could be any moment.] Zabel is one of the biggest figures in the sport over the last dozen years, and while stage wins weren't his hallmark as much as green jerseys were, it's close enough. Though Zabel carries the taint of his era, and if I analyzed that...
Christian Says (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Just a quick few thoughts about Australian trains. Most of the rail industry is , of course, geared towards freight traffic with massive flows on certain routes, and passenger trains are usually an afterthought, except in suburban areas, generally used by relatively poor people or not at all. The fares are incredibly cheap and pensioners in New South Wales, can go virtually anywhere in the state
IOL (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
If more sponsors pulled out, we would not have a Tour de France for a year or two and then cyclists and team managers might come to their senses, writes Michael Tarr.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Ramussen was Thursday set to test ride part of the tough mountain stage in the ongoing Tour de France, reports said. The premier was one of thousands of spectators who Wednesday saw CSC cyclist Carlos Sa...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Sacramento will be the starting city for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling race.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Today four former United States Surgeons General stood with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Canyon Ranch Institute, and numerous other collaborators to issue a National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship from the nation's capital.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Once again, Cadel Evans needs to make up time on a Spanish rider if he wants to win the Tour de France. Runner-up last year to Alberto Contador, the Australian is now chasing Carlos Sastre.
