Andy Schleck is confident he can hold on to the Tour de France's coveted yellow jersey after Saturday's decisive time trial and win cycling's biggest race for the first time.
Luxembourg's Andy Schleck dramatically revived his Tour de France hopes with a stunning victory on an epic 18th stage which finished at the summit of the imposing Col du Galibier.
Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen has won the 179km 17th stage of the Tour de France from Gap to Pinerolo in Italy, with Thomas Voeckler hanging onto his race leader's yellow jersey despite veering off the road in a dramatic descent to the finish.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd clinched his second stage victory of the 2011 Tour de France on Tuesday, while Frenchman Thomas Voeckler hung on to his overall lead.
Defending champion Alberto Contador is refusing to write off his victory chances in this year's Tour de France despite trailing surprise leader Thomas Voeckler by four minutes.
British cyclist Mark Cavendish extended his lead in the Tour de France's sprint standings with victory in Sunday's stage 15, while Thomas Voeckler retained his overall advantage.
Jelle Vanendert of Belgium claimed victory in Saturday's arduous 14th stage of the Tour de France from Saint-Gaudens to the summit of Plateau de Beille, with Frenchman Thomas Voeckler hanging onto the race leader's yellow jersey.
World champion Thor Hushovd continued his superb Tour de France by powering to victory in Friday's 152.5km 13th stage of the race from Pau to Lourdes.
Samuel Sanchez finally won his first stage at the Tour de France on Thursday, but the title hopes of his fellow Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador suffered a surprise blow as the race headed into the mountains.
Britain's Mark Cavendish put his previous day's disappointment behind him to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France in commanding fashion Wednesday.
Germany's Andre Greipel denied arch-rival Mark Cavendish his third stage win of this year's Tour de France as he outsprinted him Tuesday for his maiden victory in cycling's premier race.
Frenchman Thomas Voeckler has taken the yellow jersey from Norway's Thor Hushovd after a dramatic ninth stage of the Tour de France which was marred by a series of crashes which led to two of the race favorites pulling out.
Defending champion Alberto Contador has issued an apology after he took advantage of his rival Andy Schleck's mechanical failure to seize the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador secured overall victory in the Paris-Nice stage race on Sunday, as Spanish riders filled the top three places.
Thomas Voeckler won the fifth stage of the Tour de France as Lance Armstrong remained in second place in the overall standings behind Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara.
Russian cyclist Denis Menchov has extended his overall lead to 20 seconds ahead of Sunday's final stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd has won the 164.5km second stage of the Tour de France from Auray to Saint-Brieuc on Sunday.
German Fabian Wegmann took the overall lead in the Dauphine Libere race on Monday after winning the first stage.
Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich is giving carte blanche to his compatriot and T-Mobile team mate Andreas Kloeden in this year's race.
France was celebrating another home success on Thursday as David Moncoutie seized his chance on familiar roads to win the 164-kilometer 11th stage from St Flour to Figeac.
Belgium's Tom Boonen won the 196-km sixth stage of the Tour de France, which was marred by a crash involving two thirds of the pack one kilometre before the finish in Angers.
Australian Stuart O'Grady won Thursday's fifth stage of the Tour de France as French champion Thomas Voeckler took the race leader's yellow jersey from Lance Armstrong.
Australian rider Bradley McGee, of the Fdjeux.com team, won the Route du Sud cycling race after Tuesday's 150.1-km fourth and final stage to Loudenvielle in France.
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