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27-year-old American whose career nearly ended in a brutal crash is suddenly...
LIEGE, Belgium — To get a jump on his career, Taylor Phinney picked the right parents.His mother, Connie Carpenter, won the first women's Olympic road race, at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. His father,...
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Here's a close-up look at the Tour de France leader's fast-looking race bike
LUXEMBOURG — After three stages of the Tour de France, Welshman Geraint Thomas of Team Sky leads the race ahead of teammate and overall favorite Chris Froome, the Kenyan-born Briton, by 12 seconds,...
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End of Tour de France's 4th stage marred by ugly and controversial crash that...
UPDATE: Peter Sagan kicked out of Tour de France.British cyclist Mark Cavendish may have been knocked out of the Tour de France in an ugly crash that was some feel was accidental but has others...
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DRAMA AT TOUR DE FRANCE: Cycling's most popular rider, Peter Sagan, kicked...
VITTEL, France —Peter Sagan on Tuesday was kicked out of the Tour de France after he was involved in a nasty crash that sent sprint rival Mark Cavendish flying into a crowd barrier and onto the ground...
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A Tour de France cyclist burns 6,071 calories a day — here's how many...
On July 1, cyclists from around the world began the 104th Tour de France — the world's largest annual sporting event.This year's route is 2,199 miles long. That's a lot of pedaling!Each day...
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This is probably the closest photo finish we'll ever see in the Tour de France
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES — Six millimeters.After after more than five hours of racing in the high heat and 213.5 kilometers (132.6 miles), that's how much German sprint star Marcel Kittel won stage seven of...
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An intimate conversation with America's favorite cyclist in his first Tour de...
GENEVA, Switzerland —Taylor Phinney and Paul Navin walk into the hotel room where Phinney has reported for his daily postrace massage. As the two come in from the hallway they're sharing an easy...
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Scary crash in stage 9 takes out Tour de France contender Richie Porte
The man Chris Froome called the favorite to win the Tour de France has been knocked out of the race in an ugly crash during a descent in stage nine.The wet conditions led to a number of crashes, but...
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California once imagined a future without cars with this bike superhighway
Drivers in Los Angeles spend an average of 90 hours a year stuck in traffic. But back in the 1890s, California imagined a different future for the city's streets.The state planned to build a...
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Inside the Tour de France: An American team with a 'Moneyball' strategy just...
CHAMBÉRY, France — If you don't have a lot, make do with what you've you got.That's how the American pro cycling team Cannondale-Drapac has been operating for years on its shoestring budget.Its...
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A reckless lorry driver could be the first person convicted for driving too...
A reckless lorry driver is probably the first person in Britain to be prosecuted and convicted for driving too close to a cyclist while overtaking.A 60-year-old man was caught by an undercover police...
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'The terrorism risk exists every day, everywhere': Tour de France organizers...
FRANCE— Here at the world's largest annual sporting event, the Tour de France, there is a heightened sense of security and police presence everywhere as organizers have increased counterterrorism...
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The most technologically advanced bike at the Tour de France is made by a...
BELFORT, France — The most technologically advanced bike at the Tour de France, the world's biggest cycling race, is Alexander Kristoff's Canyon Aeroad CF SLX with disc brakes, SRAM eTap, and ZIPP 454...
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Inside the Tour de France: Why the world's best cyclists keep pedaling after...
FRANCE— Walk around the team buses here at the Tour de France after most any stage and you'll see the world's best cyclists still turning the pedals even though they've just finished racing a hundred...
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Our favorite books to read during the Tour de France
The Tour de France has been around for over a century, with the first edition taking place in July 1903. The race has been run nearly every year since, pausing only for the two world wars.The Tour was...
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Some of our favorite high-end bikes and cycling gear, inspired by the Tour de...
We're deep into the Tour de France, with just the third and final week of racing standing between the remaining riders and their destination, Paris.If the world's greatest bike race doesn't inspire you...
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Inside a Tour de France time trial with one of the world's best cyclists
A time trial in the Tour de France is one of the most grueling and technical tests in all of sports, but, when well executed, it can also be one of the most rewarding. Unlike most mass-start stages of...
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6 foods and drinks that Tour de France chefs refuse to serve their riders
The 198 riders who start each Tour de France are some of the fittest athletes on the planet, and they have to consume an impressive number of calories each day to fuel their bodies in the three-week...
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The fastest bikes at the Tour de France, raced by the world's fastest cyclists
DUSSELDORF, Germany— Every July, the Tour de France brings together the world's fastest cyclists, and the fastest bicycles they ride are their wind-cheating time-trial bikes, raced at average speeds...
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This major transportation change has nothing to do with driverless cars
When I learned to drive, cars were pretty easy to understand: they ran on gas, which was fairly cheap, and they had radios.Other transportation options were limited to boats, buses, trains, planes, and...
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