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Hughes and Davidge broke clear

Bessette took the overall

Prime Alliance protected Horner all day

Dominguez took the win for Saturn

Ceremonial Start: 12:20 p.m. Boulevard de la Foire.Flying Start: 12:45 p.m. N. 12 Luxembourg Exit

Flying Start: 12:42 p.m. on No. 4

Flying Start: 1:00 p.m. on N.3 Rozérieulles exit.

Start: First team starts at 2:15 p.m., then the remaining 20 teams start at 5-minute intervals.

Flying Start: 12:38 p.m., N.31, Soissons exit.

Flying Start: 12:29 p.m., D.921, intersection D.921 and La Ruche.

He’s stronger, smarter, leaner and more confident than at any pointin his career. Now in his fourth season of full-time European racing, FredRodriguez, 28, knows what it takes to win a stage at the Tour de France.His Domo-Farm Frites squad is expecting its best Tour results from GC ridersRichard Virenque and Axel Merckx. But given the right breaks, the two-timeU.S. pro champion also has a great chance of success — particularly sincehis second-place finishes this spring at Milan-San Remo and Ghent-Wevelgem. "I think the team will now have more confidence that I’m capable, ifI get a good

Where does it come from, this legendary fear of Mont Ventoux? It’s a mountainthat has been climbed only 12 times in the Tour — two time trials, fourfinishes at the summit and six times mid-stage — yet it is more dreadedthan, say, the Tourmalet, which has featured in the Tour 67 times.While L’Alpe d’Huez, a cycling crucible, provides a spectacle, the Ventouxdelivers tragedy. It brought the great Eddy Merckx to his knees for thefirst time in his exceptional career in 1970 when he was forced to takeoxygen after winning a stage at the summit. In 1955, it forced Rick VanGenechten and others to

When you watch him slicing his way through the field on another solo attackto a mountaintop finish, it’s easy to forget that there’s much more toLance Armstrong’s stunning Tour victories than a lone rider battling arugged climb. Granted, if he didn’t have his genes or genius, he wouldn’thave the potential to pull off those remarkable feats. But behind the manis a whole team of consultants, colleagues and friends who help Armstrongexcel in every sphere of matters Tour de France. In some ways, he has put together a high-profile company that has asingle mission: to win the Tour de France. That

Flying Start 1:02 p.m. on D335, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne exit

Flying Start: 12:20 p.m. on D.30, intersection of D.30 - La Motte

First Starter at: 10:30 a.m. then 2-minute intervals.

Flying Start: 2:05 p.m. on D.932

Flying Start: 12:18 p.m. - Mazerès-Lezons, D. 37, av. du Général-de-Gaulle

Flying Start: 10:56 a.m. on D.939, Lannemezan exit

Flying Start: 11:21 a.m. on N.9, entry to Soumont.

Flying Start: 1:15 p.m., Les Chaubets exit.

Flying Start: 10:25 a.m. on D.938 (Gabriellini)

Flying Start: 11:45 a.m. on N.91

Flying Start: 1:02 p.m. on N.90

Flying Start 12:27 p.m. on D.19 exit to Cluses

First rider: 10:45 a.m., then 2-minute intervals for the first until the final 20 riders, who start at 3-minute intervals.

Flying Start: 1:30 p.m. on D.35

Steve Peat (Troy Lee-Orange) and Anne Caroline Chausson (Volvo-Cannondale) won the third round of the downhill World Cup at Mont Ste Anne, Quebec in decisive fashion on Saturday. In the overall standings, Chausson has taken the leader’s jersey from Sabrina Jonnier, while Chris Kovarik’s lead over Peat has shrunk to 23 points. After some truly exciting racing, third seeded Steve Peat was the victor in the men’s race with an outstanding time of 5:09.67, almost 4 seconds faster than Cedric Gracia (Volvo-Cannondale). He was extremely happy with his win. As Gracia approached the finish and it

The blueprint of Lance Armstrong’s preparation for the Tour de France hasn’tchanged much for the last four years. The day-to-day training scheduleand the racing calendar get slightly modified to accommodate course changesand the demands on Lance’s time. But for the last three years, his preparatorywork has been on-target and Lance has arrived at the Tour in peak condition.All indications are that his preparation work will again deliver him tothe 2002 prologue on top form. The absence of Jan Ullrich caused a bit of shift in the way we are thinkingabout the Tour this year. Ullrich is an

On Saturday, Chris Horner and his Prime Alliance team took the race over at the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic, while in the women’s race, Lyne Bessette (Quebec Selection Team) put in a dominant solo performance to all but lock up her fourth straight Fitchburg title. Bessette entered the 69-mile road race with a 12-second lead over Saturn’s Kim Bruckner. By the end, her advantage would be counted in minutes, not seconds. Bessette got to work on the second of six laps on the 11-mile main circuit, on wooded, up-and-down roads around Princeton, Massachusetts and the Wachusett Mountain ski area. On

Anne-Caroline Chausson took her second World Cup victory of the day,and Eric Carter was the surprise men's winner at the Mont Sainte-Anne WorldCup four-Cross, held Saturday evening.  Chausson and Brian Lopes bothextended their leads in the overall standings.From the start, the course drops from the ramp into a large left handberm. The strategy for the majority of the winners was to be the firstinto this turn. It also meant several crashes as riders jockeyed to bethat first person. From here there was the first of several double jumps,more berms and then a huge double jump where the better

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Luxembourg - Saarbrücken

Luxembourg - Saarbrücken

Metz - Reims

Metz - Reims

Soissons - Rouen

Soissons - Rouen

Forges-les-Eaux - Alençon

Forges-les-Eaux - Alençon

Weisel (left) is an old friend and supporter.

There are a lot of folks involved in getting Armstrong set up right on this bike.

Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Avranches

Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Avranches

St. Martin-de-Landelles - Plouay

St. Martin-de-Landelles - Plouay

St. Martin-de-Landelles - Plouay

St. Martin-de-Landelles - Plouay

Lanester - Lorient (TT)

Lanester - Lorient (TT)

Bazas - Pau

Bazas - Pau

Pau - La Mongie

Pau - La Mongie

Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille

Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille

Lodève - Mont Ventoux

Lodève - Mont Ventoux

Lavelanet - Béziers

Lavelanet - Béziers

Vaison-la-Romaine - Les Deux-Alpes

Vaison-la-Romaine - Les Deux-Alpes

Les Deux-Alpes - La Plagne

Les Deux-Alpes - La Plagne

Aime - Cluses

Aime - Cluses

Cluses - Bourg-en-Bresse

Cluses - Bourg-en-Bresse

Régnié-Durette - Mâcon (TT)

Régnié-Durette - Mâcon (TT)

Melun - Paris Champs-Elysées

Melun - Paris Champs-Elysées

Chausson

Peat

Kovarik