The Tour de France bicycle race is the world's largest annual sporting event, having been run every year since 1903 except for periods during the two World Wars. With a live television audience of 900 million viewers in 163 countries in 1998,...

The Tour de France is the world's biggest cycling race. It is a 22-day, 20-stage road race that is usually run over more than 3,000 km (1,864 mi). It is a circuit of most areas around France and, sometimes, neighbouring countries. The race is broken...

Ireland successfully sponsored the start of the 1998 Tour de France in July, marking the first-ever appearance of the race in the Emerald Isle. After an ebullient start in Ireland, the world's top cyclists turned their attentions to the Continent, where a performance-enhancing...

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Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich retired from cycling Monday amid continuing investigations of his alleged role in a Spanish doping scandal.The 33-year-old German, who won the Tour in 1997 and was runner-up five times to Lance Armstrong, said he will stay in the...

Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his team after winning Wednesday's stage, the biggest blow yet in cycling's doping-tainted premier event."Michael Rasmussen has been sent home for violating (the team's) internal rules," Rabobank team spokesman Jacob Bergsma told The...

Explores the first 100 years of The Tour de France. Details highs, lows, and describes the triumphs of American Lance Armstrong. Questions if he can pull off an unprecedented sixth win.