Carlos Sastre of Spain retained the overall lead and Marcus Burghardt of Germany won the 18th stage of the Tour de France as the race left the Alps on Thursday.

French lawmakers took a step toward ending the country’s decade-long experiment with a 35-hour work week, passing a bill that gives companies greater latitude to extend working...

Marcus Burghardt of Germany has won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, while Carlos Sastre of Spain appears to have maintained the overall lead.

Once again, Cadel Evans needs to make up time on a Spanish rider if he wants to win the Tour de France. Runner-up last year to Alberto Contador, the Australian is now chasing Carlos...

The French electric company EDF says that 100 employees have been “slightly contaminated” by a leak at a reactor site in southern France.

Cycling’s image is in tatters, and authorities inside and outside the sport are being tougher than ever on doping. Yet it hasn’t stopped the drug cheaters at the Tour de...

Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has defended posing nude, and has even claimed that the talks of her having 30 lovers is only poetic exaggeration...she had only...

Carlos Sastre of Spain won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, taking the overall lead Wednesday from CSC teammate Frank Schleck on the hardest ride up three huge Alpine...

Carlos Sastre of Spain has won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, the hardest ride this year up three devastating Alpine climbs, to take the overall lead from teammate Frank...

I normally do not crib, whine and start complaining about stuff too much because I believe that 90% of those who use the internet already do that and hence there is more bitterness than needed and I really do not need to add my part to it. But I...