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Riders will employ special equipment for the 15.4km of pavé in stage 5, relying on their teams' Paris-Roubaix equipment and expertise

The land cannot tell its stories, and so the Tour does its part; bit by bit and year by year it reminds the sport and its viewers of wars and things past

Results from stage 4 of the 2014 Tour de France

This week, Lennard Zinn answers questions about bike positioning and shimmy

A detailed look at the bike of the fastest man in France

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Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel timed his sprint perfectly to take a seventh Tour stage win in two years

Gaimon isn't at the Tour, but he knows all about the nine riders Garmin brought to France

Suspended Saxo-Tinkoff rider doesn't know how long pending doping inquiry will last, remains optimistic

Exiting with a knee injury, the Trek Factory Racing rider didn't even make it to France in the 2014 edition of the race he was once a favorite to win

The Team Sky leader ended up with ripped shorts, grazes on his elbow and leg, and spent the rest of the stage wearing a wrist brace

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Tour de France favorites Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, and Alberto Contador admit the hectic nature of racing in Britain has rattled their nerves

Van Vleuten won with a solo breakaway in the finale, earning her second stage win of the 2014 Giro Rosa. Berlato was second; Hagiwara finished third

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American Andrew Talansky's chance meeting with Jonathan Vaughters set him on his way to leading Garmin's Tour team

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The Tour de France finished its stint in England with a stage from Cambridge to London

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Lefevre: “I think we are a top team. We have 42 victories with 13 different riders. We tried to select the nine best riders possible to get here in the Tour”

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Results from stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France

Marianne Vos is back in the magia rosa, but competition is fierce at the 25th Giro Rosa

Stage 1 winner Marcel Kittel took a wet field sprint in front of Buckingham Palace in London for two wins in three days

American Chris Horner talks about his chances on the cobblestones and sitting in this first week

Tejay van Garderen, others, crashed due to overzealous Tour de France fans

The Team Sky leader recently rode from the Eurotunnel Terminal in Folkestone, on England’s south-east coast, to Calais in France

Nibali won Sunday's stage aboard a custom shark-themed Specialized S-Works Tarmac

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Photos from stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France

Tejay van Garderen and Andrew Talansky find themselves sitting pretty at the Tour after a brutal second stage

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The Manx Missile may require surgery, and certainly needs recovery time, but it's unclear if he can regain his once-stellar form

Garmin's Alex Howes got his first Tour de France nod, and he's off and pedaling through the biggest show in pro cycling

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Results from stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France

The Italian road champ steals a march on an elite pack hunting both stage and overall, and as they hesitate, he takes the win and the jersey

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Omega Pharma boss Patrick Lefevere explains why he brought director Brian Holm, acquitted on a sex charge regarding a minor, to the Tour

Netapp-Endura is on Fuji's all-new Transonic aero road frame for the Tour de France

Cavendish abandons the Tour after stage 1 and may face surgery, but maintains perspective about the crash that he says was his fault

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Photos from stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France

Bike racing sometimes goes according to the book, but there are days when it respects neither plot nor narrative

The GC favorites got their first glimpse at what awaits them in a harrowing first week of the Tour de France in Saturday's hilly first stage

The stage winner and his colleagues marvel at the crowds, but say spectators need to take more care on course

Results from stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France

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Mark Cavendish and Simon Gerrans hit the deck in the finale and Marcel Kittel escapes the pileup to win the first stage of the 2014 Tour

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Crashes, narrow roads, foul weather, and cobblestones in the first week of the Tour; ex-pro Backstedt says it's all part of the game

Third at the Tour in 2012, Nibali says he wants better this year ... and so does Astana

Mark Cavendish will make an early run at the yellow jersey on this custom CVNDSH-edition Specialized S-Works Venge

Only four riders took the start from the country of the Grand Depart, though one is the defending champion

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