PHOTOS: Leading contenders for 100th Tour de France

Brief penpix of the leading Tour de France contenders:* Chris Froome (Britain, Team Sky, age 28) - aka Froomey* Best Tour performance: 2nd (2012)* Best other grand tour performance: 2nd (Vuelta......

COVID-19 resurgence casts shadow on Tour de France

Teams have been warned by organisers that they would have to drop out of the race should two of their members test positive or show strong symptoms of COVID-19. IMAGE: New coronavirus cases have......

Armstrong and US Postal ready for first test

The Tour de France reaches its first key stage on Wednesday with a 64.5km team time trial expected to help Lance Armstrong claim back the yellow jersey.His U.S. Postal team have been among the best......

Sports Shorts: US athletics legend Lewis attacks Trump

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday American sprint great Carl Lewis offered enthusiastic support for the Pan Am Games on Monday, but the nine-time Olympic champion had......

Who will win this year's Tour de France? Meet the top contenders

Check out the main contenders for this year's Tour de France, which starts on Saturday in Utrecht, Netherlands: Nairo Quintana of Colombia. Photograph: Harry Engels - Velo/Getty Images Nairo......