Tour_de_France - TOUR DE FRANCE 2005

TOUR DE FRANCE 2005

American Lance Armstrong on the winners' podium after winning his seventh consecutive Tour de France title in Paris, France on July 24, 2005. This year's Tour is expected to be Armstrong's final race. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)


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Contador wins his second Tour de France
PARIS, July 26 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador of Spain won the Tour de France for the second time in three years Sunday, finishing more than 4 minutes ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg.
MONT VENTOUX, France, July 25 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador all but sealed his second Tour de France title in three years Saturday, retaining the yellow jersey during the mountainous Stage 20.
AUBENAS, France, July 24 (UPI) -- Mark Cavendish collected his fifth Tour de France stage victory of the year with a stirring late sprint at the end of Friday's 19th stage.
Armstrong joins new Radio Shack cycle team
ANNECY, France, July 23 (UPI) -- Lance Armstrong said Thursday he will ride in the 2010 Tour de France for the newly formed Radio Shack cycling team.
ANNECY, France, July 23 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador, the final rider of the day, won Thursday's time trial stage at the Tour de France and extended his overall lead.
LE GRAND-BORNAND, France, July 22 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador tied for the best time in Wednesday's 17th stage of the Tour de France and increased his overall lead to nearly 2 1/2 minutes.
MARTIGNY, Switzerland, July 20 (UPI) -- Astana teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are the overall leaders in the 2009 Tour de France, which enters its final week after Monday's travel day.
VERBIER, Switzerland, July 19 (UPI) -- The Tour de France yellow jersey passed to Spain's Alberto Contador Sunday as he won its 15th stage and became the favorite to take the race, results indicate.
WITTELSHEIM, France, July 19 (UPI) -- A police motorbike accompanying Tour de France cyclists killed one person and injured two others in Wittelsheim, France, authorities said.
BESANCON, France, July 18 (UPI) -- Russian Serguei Ivanov used a late attack out of a breakaway group Saturday to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France.
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