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Taste of the Tour de France: Pike cakes and wildcats in the Alps

The climbs, high-speed descents and hairpin turns on tap for Stage 9 of the Tour de France will be enough to make even spectators watching at home dizzy. Fortunately, the culinary...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Suffer-fest Tour de France turns pain dial up with “monster stage”

STATION DES ROUSSES, France – After nearly 900 miles in eight days of racing, the suffer-fest Tour de France now turns the pain dial up a notch or five. How does scaling half the height of E...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango’s Howard Grotts fast in Andorra; Payson McElveen; Roten Ishay make fireworks in Breckenridge

McElveen, Ishay go 1-2 at Firecracker 50

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tour de France set for mountains and Chris Froome keen for separation

Froome looks to build lead on weekend climbs

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Fabio Aru’s audacious ascent at the Tour de France

With shades of Pantani, Italy’s Aru shakes up Tour de France

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

A stray umbrella steals show from sprinters at Tour de France

Wayward umbrella a threat on calm day

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Taste of the Tour de France: Snails and hospital wines in Burgundy

TROYES, France – Barrels of beers and wines, and dozens of cheeses, pates and cold cuts on each stage. Sigh. The trouble with the ever-moving Tour de France: too much to try, simply not enou...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Fabio Aru beats Chris Froome in first mountain stage of Tour de France

Peloton regroups after day of drama, disqualifications

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Taste of the Tour de France: Pop! It’s time to enter champagne country

Riders in the Tour de France will cycle through some of the world’s most valuable vineyards on Thursday, when Stage 6 takes them to the champagne region and the hometown of France’s wartime ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports