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Laurent Fignon (1960 – 2010) Former two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died aged 50 following a battle with cancer, the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris confirmed on Tuesday. The French rider, nicknamed Le Professeur due to his studious looking appearance, won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, and was runner-up [...] Armstrong to return for ’09 Tour – More Sports – SI.com. Lance Armstrong will end his retirement and hopes to compete in the 2009 Tour de France, according to a cycling journal report. The 36-year-old seven-time Tour de France champion will compete in five road races with the Astana team in 2009, the cycling journal [...] Ah, l’Alpe d’Huez … books have been written about this mountain. I cannot think of a more beautiful stage of any Tour de France than those that finish atop l’Alpe. From Fausto Coppi’s win on the maiden stage in 1952, to Greg LeMond’s battle with Bernard Hinault in 1986, to Andy Hampsten’s solo excursion in [...] The type of rider who wins races where 125 riders start and one finishes—that’s a Flahute. A Flahute thinks the Tour de France is just a bunch of long training rides. A real race is one where it’s pouring rain, it’s cold, the roads are treacherous, and the prize list is about the same as [...] The type of rider who wins races where 125 riders start and one finishes—that’s a Flahute. A Flahute thinks the Tour de France is just a bunch of long training rides. A real race is one where it’s pouring rain, it’s cold, the roads are treacherous, and the prize list is about the same as [...] |
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