08 July 2008 | 11:45
Howabout that! One Frenchman is wearing the yellow jersey and another is celebrating the most magnificent of stage wins.
08 July 2008 | 11:35
Three days down already and can you believe we still haven’t witnessed a mass sprint for the pure sprinters? Ok, yesterday we saw Thor Hushovd take line honours. But it was a long drag up to the finish, a few crashes thrown in and there weren’t many other sprinters present to challenge the strong Norwegian.
07 July 2008 | 10:03
Is Alejandro Valverde under threat of burning out? I was always under the impression the first week of the Tour should always be reserved for the sprinters, while the mountain specialists save their legs for the bigger, more decisive stages ahead.
No yellow but Cadel's fate is in safe hands
06 July 2008 | 22:24
One stage down and Alejandro Valderve wears the yellow jersey. A fine first-up showing by the Spaniard and it sets the stage for a captivating battle on this lap of France.
06 July 2008 | 21:36
Sunday's second stage will be a day for the marquee sprinters. My prediction is Robbie McEwen, coming off great form in the Tour de Suisse where he claimed two stage wins and he knows how to perform on the big stage.
05 July 2008 | 13:16
It certainly is a golden time for Australians at the Tour de France. Expectations are high. But the number of media representatives who packed into the Ibis Hotel’s converted dining room in Brest for Silence-Lotto’s official pre-race conference certainly caught me by surprise.
05 July 2008 | 12:07
Welcome to the Grand Depart for Le Tour 2008! Brest, a quaint fishing port at France’s western-most point feels a little like Victor Harbour – one of the traditional stage finishes for the Tour Down Under. Right now on Friday it’s raining, cold and windy. If the conditions persist, Saturday looks set to be a long, nervous day in the saddle for the protagonists as the peloton sweeps its way along the narrow winding roads of coastal Brittany.
Last Updated: 28 Jul 02:59 (AET)
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Carlos SASTRE |  |
CSC | 87:52:52 | |
2 |
Cadel EVANS |  |
SIL | 87:53:50 | |
3 |
Bernhard KOHL |  |
GST | 87:54:05 | |
4 |
Denis MENCHOV |  |
RAB | 87:55:02 | |
5 |
Christian VANDEVELDE |  |
TSL | 87:55:57 |
Jersey Holders See all Standing
28 July 2008 | 16:42
Now that the Tour de France is over and my celebrity is going through the roof (cough), I think I may put in a call to Serge Borlée, Cadel Evans's hulking bodyguard. I'm gonna be needing some protection from the cycling groupies. They're a persistent mob.
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