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Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 11h

With the Tour de France just a couple weeks away (the men will race all of July, the women’s Tour starts August 1st,) I’m highlighting cyclists you are likely to see in the upcoming races: American riders on the men’s side, and my...

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American Cyclists - Quinn Simmons

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 16 Jun

We are just a couple weeks away from the start of the 2026 edition of the Tour de France. It took a few years after the Lance Armstrong confession, but American Cycling is relevant again, thanks to a few hearty individuals that...

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A Small Tricycle Or A Small Three Wheeled Bike If You Like.....

Sue21 @lovinangelsinstead21 (36847) • Pamplona, Spain 4 Jul 21

She sat on a tricycle In the warm shining sun Her small face lit up with joy watching She saw some strangers all on their bikes Hey she thought almost like my trike Seeing them whizz past at the speed of light She lifted up her...

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Is The Tour de France Now Considered A Contact Sport?

betlynfrnds @betlynfrnds (4071) • United States 26 Jun 21

I just saw a news clip of a fan at the Tour de France. He/she had a cardboard sign and was eager to be seen on tv. The sign interfered with a cyclist; the rider hit the sign, crashed and started a chain reaction. What a...

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The bizarre origin of the Tour de France

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 26 Oct 18

The Tour de France is surely the World’s best-known and most celebrated cycle race. It takes 23 days to stage, with the competitors, who come from many countries, completing a series of grueling stages that take them all round...

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Biting Our Fingernails..For A While Anyway...

Sue21 @lovinangelsinstead21 (36847) • Pamplona, Spain 25 Jul 18

Was just watching the Tour de France when a Rider went over the top of a wall on the Road. We must have all done some nail biting when we saw what happened as it was quite steep where he fell. Of course we did not get to find out...

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A roundabout discussion

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382656) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Oct 17

Would you believe I’m stuck for a discussion? Well, not really. It’s more that I’m a bit lazy. So I thought I’d put up one of my roundabout photos. While we were travelling in France, we had a right-hand drive motor- home but also...

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Henri Desgrange - regarded by some as 'father' of the Tour de France

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382656) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Aug 17

We had a marvellous day recently going up, then down the Col de Galibier in the French Alps. This was part of the route of the 2017 Tour de France cycle race. Along the way we passed a monument to Henri Desgrange. I’ve never heard...

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Chris Froome Wins Tour de France

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 23 Jul 17

England's Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de France championship as the race ended today in Paris. Froome finished 56 seconds ahead of second place Rigoberto Uran. Australian Michael Matthews won the Green Jersey points...

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Kittel out of Tour de France

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 19 Jul 17

Another big name has exited the Tour de France. German sprinter Marcel Kittel abandoned the race after being caught up in a multi-rider crash on today's Stage 17. Kittel, who had won five stages in this year's Tour, was the...

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Porte Out of Tour de France

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 9 Jul 17

Another day, another big name exits the Tour de France. Australian Richie Porte, among the favorites to win the Yellow Jersey, was involved in a horrific crash on stage nine of the race today. Although the Tour Doctor reported...

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Sagan, Cavendish Out of Tour de France

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 6 Jul 17

Defending World Champion Peter Sagan is out of the Tour de France after race officials determined that, a couple of stages ago, he caused a crash involving possibly the world's fastest sprinter, Mark Cavendish, who broke his...

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The 2016 Tour de France Starts Saturday

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 30 Jun 16

This Saturday, July 2nd, marks the start of the 2016 Tour de France. It will be the 103rd edition of the race. This year's Tour will start in Manche and end in Paris on Sunday, July 23rd. With the exception of two rest days, the...

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The Fall of Lance Armstrong

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43678) • Denver, Colorado 24 Feb 16

At this point, most people, even non-cyclists, are familiar with Lance Armstrong's life story, including, now, his admission that he used performance enhancing drugs during his storied cycling career. From now on, it's doping...

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Lance Armstrong Stripped of 7 Tour de France Titles

Muelitz @Muelitz (1592) • Canada 23 Oct 12

It was a very sad news that Mr Armstrong has been stripped of all his seven titles. I can only imagine the hard work and all the time that this guy had to endure to win all those races. Too bad he did use performance enhancing...

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the bad news for Lance amstrong

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 22 Oct 12

i think some of us know Lance Amstrong. Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. A former world champion, he also won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between the years of...

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Vuelta A Espana. What's up with Chris Froome?

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 5 Sep 12

After following the Tour de France and see him hold back at times so as not to challenge Bradley Wiggins, I honestly thought the man was going to do great things at the Vuelta. Bradley Wiggins isn't riding in this race so for team...

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Wow .... Lance Armstrongs entire 14 years of cycling is erased.....

bjc66bjc @bjc66bjc (6730) • United States 24 Aug 12

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has banned Lance Armstrong for life and stripped him of all seven Tour de France victories that helped make him an American hero. He refused to fight them anymore.. He said he will spend his...

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USADA to ban Armstrong for life and strip him of all his Tour de France titles.

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 24 Aug 12

In cycling circles this has been absolutely beaten to death to the point that we're all pretty sick of it. Armstrong has decided not to go through the arbitration process and put an end to it all whatever the consequences. USADA...

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Lot of crashes in the Tour de France this year.

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 7 Jul 12

Maybe it is worse this year and maybe it isn't. I'm sad to see a promising run by Canadian Ryder Hesjedal come to an end because of injury. He crashed along with most of his team and a lot of other riders in the sixth stage. He...

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