PHOTOS: Leading Tour de France contenders

(Spain, SaxoBank-Sungard, age 28) * Tour 2010: 1st * Best performance: 1st (2007, 09, 10) * Best other grand tour performance: 1st (Giro 2008, 10, Vuelta 2008) Strengths: Arguably the best......

Italian Basso quits Tour de France due to testicular cancer

Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso withdrew from the Tour de France on Monday after revealing he has testicular cancer."We discover this two hours ago, I have to stop," the 37-year-old Italian......

Armstrong and Basso ready for duel

Lance Armstrong has the chance to crush his rivals hopes of overall Tour de France victory on Wednesday's individual time trial to l'Alpe d'Huez.Five times champion Armstrong won in the Alpine......

Tour de France: Froome, Contador back in control

Spain's Alberto Contador,right, and Italy's Ivan Basso look on prior to the start of stage two of the 2015 Tour de France. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images One year after crashing out of the......

Tour de France: Nibali emerges as clear third man

All the talk before the Tour de France was about the battle between favourite Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans, with neutrals hoping for a 'third man' to appear from the pack and......