SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 24 (UPI) -- Marcus Burghardt outdueled Carlos Barredo to claim Thursday's 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France and Carlos Sastre retained the overall race lead.

L'ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23 (UPI) -- Carlos Sastre won the 17th stage of the Tour de France by more than 2 minutes Wednesday, earning his first stage win in five years and the overall tour lead.

DIGNE-LES-BAINES, France, July 19 (UPI) -- Oscar Freire of Spain dashed to a win in the Tour de France's 14th stage Saturday but Australia's Cadel Evans clung to the yellow leader's jersey by one second.

LONDON, July 6 (UPI) -- Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan is considered the favorite when the Tour de France cycling race starts Saturday in London. The 33-year-old Vinokourov finished third in 2003 and fifth in 2005.

MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, France, July 22 (UPI) -- Ukrainian Serguei Honchar won Saturday's 19th stage of the Tour de France and American Floyd Landis holds the overall lead going into the final stage.

MACON, France, July 21 (UPI) -- Italian Matteo Tosatto sprinted ahead of countryman Cristian Moreni to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France but the overall race leader remained unchanged. Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro finished in 25th place -- eight minutes behind Tosatto -- but ret

MORZINE, France, July 20 (UPI) -- American Floyd Landis stormed back into contention at the Tour de France Thursday, one day after he appeared to have no chance of winning.

PARIS, July 28 (UPI) -- Lance Armstrong completed his fourth consecutive victory in the Tour de France Sunday, triumphantly riding through the streets of Paris while putting himself in

PARIS, July 28 (UPI) -- Final results of the 2002 Tour de France: