SAINT-BRIEUC, France, July 6 (UPI) -- Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd sprinted to the finish line Sunday winning Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour de France.

CASTRES, France, July 20 (UPI) -- Tom Boonen won a sprint to the tape Friday and collected the victory at Stage 12 of the Tour de France and Michael Rasmussen retained the overall race lead. Boonen, who also won last Friday's Tour de France Stage 6, completed the 111.5-mile route from Mon

BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France, July 13 (UPI) -- Tom Boonen finished first in a sprint to the finish Friday, winning the 125-mile Tour de France sixth stage, and Fabian Cancellara held onto his overall lead.

COMPIEGNE, France, July 10 (UPI) -- Fabian Cancellara Tuesday won the longest stage of the 2007 Tour de France and increased his overall lead in the race to 33 seconds.

BERLIN, May 24 (UPI) -- One of Germany's greatest cyclists admitted Thursday that he briefly used a banned blood boosting substance in the 1990s.

DAX, France, July 11 (UPI) -- The 2006 Tour de France resumed after a day's rest with Oscar Freier of Spain taking the ninth stage from Bordeaux to Dax, France. Freier sprinted to the finish the 170-kilometer stage in three hours, 35 minutes and 24 seconds to win his second stage of t

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Less than a month after the conclusion of the Tour de France, many of that event's top performers will compete Saturday in the Olympic road race.

ANGERS, France, July 9 (UPI) -- Tom Boonen of Belgium won the sixth stage of the Tour de France Friday while Lance Armstrong was among a host of riders who hit the pavement.

WASQUEHAL, France, July 6 (UPI) -- Frenchman Jean-Patrick Nazon won a sprint finish Tuesday to claim the third stage of the Tour de France.