... the summer. Now, it has minimum interest among younger generations, in some cases not as much as NASCAR and the Tour de France. One reason is the game, once the best of sport's all-star events, has degenerated into just another TV spectacle ...

VITTEL, France Lance Armstrong is ready to climb again, ready to leave the pack at the Tour de France after days of flat riding that belonged to sprinters. After three days of sitting back in the main pack while others challenged ...

... aside their rivalry in Wednesday's 11th stage of the Tour de France, Tyler Farrar almost became the first American rider ... trails by eight seconds. "My favorite to win the Tour de France is Contador," said Vaughters, a former teammate of ...

ISSOUDUN, France Teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong remained second and third in the Tour de France after a technology-free day of riding in which Britain's Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage. Organizers banned rider earpieces ...

MONACO Denis Menchov won the Giro d'Italia and will attempt to capture the Tour de France to become the first man to win both races in the same year since the late Marco Pantani in 1998. The 31-year-old Russian impressed ...

... last year, and it cost him at the Tour de France. Now, Mark Cavendish is intent ... the Olympics but that I quit the Tour de France and I sacrificed the rest of the ... third stage to concentrate on the Tour de France with ...

BESANCON, France Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to fourth place Saturday at the Tour de France during a stage shadowed by the roadside death of a woman hit by a police motorcycle. Serguei Ivanov of Russia won the 14th stage ...

... behind him but the toughest rides still to come, Lance Armstrong is already talking about another run next year in the Tour de France. The 37-year-old Texan, coming out of 3 1/2 years of retirement, remained in third place after Sunday's ...

... Lance Armstrong stayed in third place after a wet and chilly ride Friday and lost a crucial ally for the rest of the Tour de France when teammate Levi Leipheimer withdrew because of a broken wrist. The 13th stage from Vittel to Colmar, won by Germany ...

... Armstrong is trying not to let his rivalry with Alberto Contador distract him and the rest of the Astana team at the Tour de France. On Saturday, the status quo between Contador and Armstrong prevailed as Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain won the eighth ...