With only five days of actual racing left, there is still no clear front runner in this year's Tour de France, making it the most open and exciting competition in 30 years.
In 1989, Laurent Fignon was left distraught as he missed out on the title by (...)
Britain's Mark Cavendish, riding for the Columbia team, won the 13th stage of the Tour de France here Friday, a 182.5km ride from Narbonne to Nimes, while Australian Cadel Evans retained the leader's yellow jersey.
Cavendish scored his fourth stage (...)
President Jacques Chirac said on Monday France is Ivory Coast's ally and urged national reconciliation in the West African state after anti-French crowd violence erupted there at the weekend.
"France is the friend of Ivory Coast," Chirac said in a (...)
