And on it goes. After hopefully getting a good night's sleep in Tours the Tour de France peloton heads off to Saint-Armand-Montrond for Stage 13 on Friday where British sprint specialist Mark Cavendish will be hoping to make up for missing out on victory the previous day.
Germany's Marcel Kittel claimed his third stage win of the 100th Tour de France on Thursday when he beat Britain's Mark Cavendish to victory in a sprint finish at the end of Stage 12 in Tours. Sky's Chris Froome held on to the yellow jersey.
Striking workers at the island abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany refused to bow down for the Tour de France on Wednesday, meaning the famous world heritage site remained closed on possibly the biggest and busiest day in its recent history.
Marcel Kittel won stage 10 of the 2013 Tour de France on Tuesday after a 197-km race from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois across to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast. Britain's Chris Froome, who races for Team Sky managed to hold on to the yellow jersey.
After a badly-needed rest day on Monday, riders will take on the 197-km journey from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois across to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast. Check out the video below for an expert preview of Stage 10 of the Tour de France.
Irishman Dan Martin won the ninth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after a dramatic day of racing
left Team Sky and yellow jersey holder Chris Froome sorely exposed to rivals.
Tour de France leader Chris Froome fired a broadside at a cycling generation tainted by doping scandals as he insisted he is racing "100 percent" clean at the world's biggest and most notorious bike race.
As the first week of the Tour de France comes to a close, riders will have to contend with four 'categorised' climbs on Friday's Stage 7 from Montpellier to Albi as the peloton heads towards the Pyrenées.
Video: After a long and chaotic stage 5, won in the end by Britain's Mark Cavendish, attentions turn on Thursday to the 177-km stage 6 between Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier. See below for an preview of the day's race including an expert analyis.
British rider Mark Cavendish was among the most outspoken in his criticism as members of the Tour de France peloton turned their anger towards race organisers after Saturday's opening stage was marred by a series of crashes.
Germany's Marcel Kittel of the Argos-Shimano team won the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a
213-kilometre ride from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia in Corsica.
The waiting and the hype is over. The 2013 Tour de France, the 100th edition of the world’s most famous cycle race will start in Corsica on Saturday where authorities are crossing their fingers that everything goes to plan.
On the eve of the 100th Tour de France, disgraced former champion Lance Armstrong stirred up a hornet’s nest by insisting it is 'impossible' to win the world’s greatest cycle race without taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Cycling fans will have the opportunity to commemorate the 100th edition of the Tour de France this weekend by taking to the course of cycling's most famous stage race, two weeks ahead of the Grand Depart.
It promises to be the most closely guarded peloton ever to ride the Tour de France route. A group of convicts from the Mediterranean island of Corsica are to be allowed out of prison to ride a stage in the Tour de France next month.
Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong could be stripped of the prestigious Legion d'Honneur, following his admission of long-term drug use while securing his record seven Tour de France victories.
Tour de France organizers are in favour of an independent body to deal with anti-doping issues in professional cycling across the board, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Thursday.
Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme said Thursday that disgraced rider Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour titles because of doping, "was already in the past".
The 1999-2005 Tour de France races will have no winners attributed to them, embattled world cycling officials announced Friday, ordering doping-tainted icon Lance Armstrong to repay his prize money.
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said Friday he was against re-attributing disgraced US rider Lance Armstrong's seven victories in the world's most prestigious cycling race.
Cycling's world governing body on Thursday said it would look at a US Anti-Doping Agency report that accused seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of being at the centre of a widespread doping conspiracy.
Lance Armstrong, who is poised to be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after relinquishing his fight against drug charges, has received backing from his former team boss Johan Bruyneel.
The US anti-doping agency has said it will strip cycling legend Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, following his decision to give up his fight against charges that he took performance enhancing drugs during his career.
Bradley Wiggins was crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion on Sunday after helping Sky team-mate Mark Cavendish
to secure a fourth consecutive stage win on the world-famous Champs Elysees.
<p>Police in southern France began their search for the roadside fans whose nail-throwing antics during the Tour de France caused mayhem at the end of the hilly 14th stage on Sunday.</p>
