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What will Australia's first pro cycling team deliver?

BURNING QUESTIONS FOR 2012: With no Cadel Evans, is a World Tour spot as good as the year is going to get for GreenEDGE? Full story

Will the Tour de France winner be clean?

BURNING QUESTIONS: The recent history of Tour de France champions is littered with doping scandals. Could this year's champion defy the trend? Full story

Dogs, donkeys and disaster

SIX THINGS: The 98 editions of the Tour de France have featured some weird and wonderful crashes. Here are six of the most memorable Full story

Contador fails Tactics 101

HEROES & GOATS: The Tour favourite's crucial fall, Novak's rise to the top and McKenna's misguided rant head our weekly wrap of champs and chumps Full story

Will Cadel Evans finally win the Tour?

BURNING QUESTIONS: Are the stars aligning for Australia's most successful road cyclist at this year's Tour de France? Full story

Burning questions: Justice by Twitter?

Did the Spanish Prime Minister's tweet trigger the Spanish federation's decision to clear Alberto Contador? Full story

Soapbox: Tainted steak? Give us a break

Disgraced cycling champ Alberto Contador had run out of credibility well before his positive doping test in 2010 Full story

Aussie breaks 'unbreakable' 4km record

Australia's Jack Bobridge smashed Christopher Boardman's individual pursuit world record, becoming the fastest cyclist over 4000 metres in history. Full story

Cycling team's fall strands Aussies

Several Australian riders have been left high and dry after would-be pro cycling team Pegasus was refused a second-level license Full story

Alberto Contador wins in 2010

Spain's Alberto Contador has won his third Tour de France after Brit Mark Cavendish won the final stage on the Champs Elysees. Full story

 
 
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Current Leaders
86:12:22Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
+00:01:34Andy Schleck (Team Leopard - Trek)
+00:02:30Fränk Schleck (Team Leopard - Trek)
+00:03:20Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar)
+00:03:57Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard)
Features

Will Cadel Evans prove clean from doping should he win the 2011 Tour de France?

Will the Tour's winner be clean?

Will the 2011 Tour shine as a beacon for clean cycling, or join a tainted history of doping and allegations? Full story

Dutch cyclist Johnny Hoogerland lies tangled in barbed wire after a crash in Stage Nine

Dogs, donkeys and disaster

In the wake of Johnny Hoogerland's horrific crash, check out some of the Tour's more memorable spills. Full story

Is it finally Cadel's year to claim the Yellow Jersey?

Will Cadel finally win the Tour?

We take a look at the Aussie's chances of claiming the yellow jersey, even if it's only awarded in August. Full story


Stage Schedule
02/07/11: 1. Passage du Gois La Barre de Monts to Mont des Alouettes Les Herbiers - Plain 191.5km
03/07/11: 2. Les Essarts to Les Essarts - Team TT - 23km
04/07/11: 3. Olonne sur Mer to Redon - Plain 198km
05/07/11: 4. Lorient to Mûr-de-Bretagne - Plain 172.5km
06/07/11: 5. Carhaix to Cap Fréhel - Plain 164.5km
07/07/11: 6. Dinan to Lisieux - Plain 226.5km
08/07/11: 7. Le Mans to Châteauroux - Plain 218km
09/07/11: 8. Aigurande to Super-Besse Sancy - Medium Mountains 189km
10/07/11: 9. Issoire to Saint-Flour - Medium Mountains 208km
11/07/11: R. Le Lioran Cantal - Rest Day
12/07/11: 10. Aurillac to Carmaux - Plain 158km
13/07/11: 11. Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur - Plain 167.5km
14/07/11: 12. Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden - High Mountains 211km
15/07/11: 13. Pau to Lourdes - High Mountains 152.5km
16/07/11: 14. Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille - High Mountains 168.5km
17/07/11: 15. Limoux to Montpellier - Plain 192.5km
18/07/11: R. Département de la Drôme - Rest Day
19/07/11: 16. Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap - Medium Mountains 162.5km
20/07/11: 17. Gap to Pinerolo - High Mountains 179km
21/07/11: 18. Pinerolo to Galibier - Serre Chevalier - High Mountains 200.5km
22/07/11: 19. Modane Valfréjus to Alpe-d’Huez - High Mountains 109.5km
23/07/11: 20. Grenoble to Grenoble - Individual TT - 42.5km
24/07/11: 21. Créteil to Paris Champs-Élysées - Plain 160km