Bilikiki boys head for France
But right now, there’sa group of intense, focused Solomon Islanders on a plane heading for Marseilles, France. They’re the Solomon Islands national beach soccer team - the Bilikikis. And for the third year in a row, they’re carrying the ...

Google Street View Live in France
Google Street View – those panorama photos part of Google Maps – has now been released for France, as second country in the world after the US. However, the pics taken are just from the Tour de France route, as Luka from the French ...

Tour de France- Stage 2
The stage is almost flat- for that region of France- and lends itself to the sprinters. Expect to see another break get away, but a field sprint is more than likely... it's almost assured. Look for Team Boring Kit to be setting up Mark ...

Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 2
This part of France, Brittany, is a cycling-mad area. I could write again about the crowds, as they were just as impressive as yesterday, if not more, and still blowing my mind. It’s also a pretty stunning area when it’s sunny ...

France: Frida Boccara compilation released
French label Edinamusic has just released a new compilation of Frida Boccara, with many songs that have never been on CD before. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12136)

Tour de France leader Alejandro Valverde's custom Pinarello Prince
When Caisse D’Epargne superstar Alejandro Valverde stormed past Columbia’s Kim Kircken in the last 200 meters of the opening stage of the 2008 Tour de France he did it on a brand new bike. The winning bike wasn’t new in the sense of a ...

Millar too close to Tour de France yellow jersey
"It's impossible to take the yellow jersey from Valverde"

Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 2
A SECOND IS A MILE: Alejandro Valverde’s one-second grip on the yellow jersey might seem slim, but it should keep him in the maillot jaune going into Tuesday’s first time trial. Because the Tour eliminated time bonuses in this year’s ...

2008 Tour de France, Stage 2: Live Updates
01:02 PM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the second stage of the 95th edition of the Tour de France, covering 164.5km from Auray to St. Brieuc. Heading north from the granite-and-slate cottages of Auray ...

France pair cop bans
FRANCE forwards Renaud Boyoud and Imanol Harinordoquy have been suspended for three weeks for brawling with a rival player during the team's record 40-10 loss to Australia.

How do Tour de France teams deal with rainy stages?
The first four stages of this year’s Tour take place on the windy, often rain-soaked roads of Lampre outfitted all of its riders with Vittoria’s 24mm Pavé; the whole of the team will ... read more.

Hushovd wins 2nd stage of Tour de France; Valverde retains race lead
SAINT-BRIEUC, France - Thor Hushovd won the 2nd stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after leading a group sprint.

The Tour De France Knitalong is off ... ou est Le Germolene?
The Tour De France got underway yesterday which signals the beginning of the Tour De France Knitalong. Why is it that you always imagine that you have more time to prepare than you actually do then the day dawns and you are squeezing ...

The Tour De France Knitalong is off ... ou est Le Germolene?
Wife gets up and turns the Tour de France on. We watch more of the Tour than we do of the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Championship and NHL combined...(assuming a Chicago team isn't involved - usually not a problem). ...