Tour de France 2025

Cervélo's team leader is taking the Tour day by day and says "anything is possible."

Alexander Vinokourov received an emotional finish-line hug from Astana teammate Alberto Contador moments after winning Saturday’s 13th stage.

Breakaways are the essence of the Tour — even when they don't succeed.

Mark Cavendish handily won the field sprint behind Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov, moving up in the points standing at the Tour de France.

Graham Watson captures the action on stage 13 of the 97th Tour de France.

The defending champ warns, however, one bad day can ruin months of hard work and preparation.

Complete 2010 Tour de France stage 13 results

If Caisse d'Epargne is in a break, expect to see RadioShack there, too.

Both Contador and Vinokourov ride Specialized Tarmac SL3 road bikes. Zack Vestal checks them out.

It was five years in development, but Cofidis' Look 695 was worth the wait.

Ryder Hesjedal says he'd rather burn out than fade away after driving a dangerous break all day Friday.

For someone who lost 10 seconds to his most dangerous rival, Andy Schleck was both confident and defiant following stage 12.

A dangerous break, with a killer climb at the end and Casey B. Gibson was there to catch the action in the 12th stage of the Tour de France.

Ten seconds might not mean much by the time the Tour hits Paris, but they meant the world to Alberto Contador on Friday.

Irish champion Nicolas Roche, son of Stephen, is the best placed rider on a French team. He also is a French citizen.

The Katusha rider is only 5 feet 5 inches, but he stood tall on Friday's stage.

Angry with himself after botching the stage-11 sprint, the Norwegian infiltrates a break and grabs enough points to regain the green jersey.

The pain was too much, says director Matt White. Farrar now looks forward to the Vuelta and worlds.

Complete 2010 Tour de France stage 12 results

Mid-race photos from Graham Watson. More soon!

A look at Carlos Sastre's new Cervélo R5.

Complete 2010 Tour de France stage 11 results

The Garmin-Transitions rider still adjusting to being the team's GC leader

Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador are happy to wait until the Pyrénées. That doesn't mean anyone else should.

Updated with Renshaw's statement: 'I am extremely disappointed and also surprised'

More scenes from the peloton and the road side: Zabriskie tinkers, the water truck sprays and the road heats up.

Thursday's win breaks the sprinters' record of a dozen Tour victories, held by Mario Cipollini, Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen.

The Italian speedster, clearly back on form, says he'll be chasing stage wins rather than intermediate sprints.

Cavendish wins his 13th career Tour stage, but his lead-out man Renshaw is thrown out of the race for head-butting Julian Dean.

RadioShack’s stagiare and neo-pro train in the Alps with USA Cycling Champion’s Club, visit the Tour

Graham Watson started sending photos from stage 11 before the stage was even over. More soon!

One of Tyler Farrar's key lead-out men leaves after breaking arm on stage 10.

Chasing points or stage wins, the sprinter teams are gearing up for battle in Thursday's stage 11

The world road champ is feeling better, but plans to have his elbow checked out once more, just to be sure.

A profile of today's Tour de France stage winner

Setbacks and comebacks are part of Tour history. Eddy Merckx's 1971 Tour has many similarities to this edition.

A hot stage through Alpine valleys at the Tour de France and Casey B. Gibson was there to catch images of the day.

Spanish sprinter José Joaquín Rojas is sitting quietly in fourth in the green jersey competition

Samuel Sanchez was exhausted after stage 9, but now sits third, a position that makes it difficult to go for a stage win.

Lance Armstrong denies being part of a doping system, says he did not own the USPS team.

Sergio Paulinho out-duels Vasil Kiryenka for the win from a long breakaway. The GC leaders have a mellow (if hot) day.

Updated standings following Wednesday's stage

Lennard Zinn takes a look at the 2011 Orbea Orca, as used by Samuel Sanchez at the Tour

Garmin's David Millar rode 180km by himself on Tuesday after getting dropped.

A Tour of attrition gets even tougher.

A look at Andy Schleck's Specialized Tarmac SL3 and its unusual paintjob.

Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins hopes for "a respectable position" on GC, somewhere inside the top 10.

Coke adds life on the Madeleine, the youngest QOM and fine roadside dining.

The Russian is fourth with a clear shot at the podium.

Casar wins the stage as Schleck and Contador shake off all the GC contenders; Evans cracks, Armstrong bounces back.

The Tour has quickly become a two-man race. The question is who has the upper hand.

Cadel Evans had a good reason why he saw his yellow jersey dream fade to black: he was racing with a broken elbow.

The RadioShack rider climbs up the GC on the HC Madeleine

Mr. Watson captured the beautiful scenery and epic racing on the ninth stage.

Complete 2010 Tour de France stage 9 results

Armstrong says helping Leipheimer get on the podium and helping RadioShack win the team GC are top priorities

"No one can dominate, or has the strength and the team to dominate, so they’re gonna leave the race wide open," says Levi Leipheimer's coach.

Garmin’s sprinter is optimistic, and taking the Tour day by day

Contador says he learned not to try to mark every attack.

Sunday’s stage 8 winner Andy Schleck said he’s happy about his stage win, but re-emphasized that he has bigger ambitions at this Tour.

Contador, Gesink, Evans and others respond to Armstrong's difficulty. Most predict we'll see more of Armstrong in this Tour

Rotterdam seems so long ago ...

Johan Bruyneel said RadioShack will now rally around Levi Leipheimer at the Tour de France.

The Sky team is hit with the loss of Simon Gerrans, while team leader Bradley Wiggins struggles in the Tour de France.

Saxo Bank is leaving cycling at the end of the season, but Bjarne Riis says the team has new sponsors at the ready.

Chris Horner describes the crash and chase that took Lance Armstrong out of contention in the Tour de France.

Complete 2010 Tour de France stage 8 results

Armstrong says he will stay in the race and work for the team.

The 2008 champ hung with the lead group Sunday and is looking forward to a tough finale to the Tour.

The Canadian is sixth overall, just ten seconds behind Contador

The world champion reflects on his 2008 stint in yellow: 'It was a bit different today."

We've got big bells, picnicking Brits and Coloradans, and the Laughing Group.

Andy Schleck is calculating how he can win this Tour. Wearing yellow at the start of the stage 19 time trial is the key.

Contador said he's content with stage 8, but didn't have the punch to match Schleck in the final k

Armstrong's chase, Navarro's labor, Schleck's attack and Evans in yellow. Watson saw it all.

After an encouraging first mountain stage, Omega Pharma's Matthew Lloyd will be looking for more opportunities to 'get creative'

Fans evacuated from the finish area after a dangerous storm rolls in.

CompetitorTV has the latest video diary from the RadioShack rider

Photographer Graham Watson captures the action as the 97th Tour heads for the hills.