When he announced the 2010 Tour de France would be his last, Lance Armstrong would not have expected it to end so soon.

THE first Alpine stage of the 2010 Tour de France witnessed the fall of a legend as Lance Armstrong declared: “My Tour’s finished”.

Sylvain Chavanel reclaimed the race leader’s yellow jersey with victory on stage seven of the Tour de France today.

Britain's Mark Cavendish today recorded the 12th win of his Tour de France career with victory on stage six.

TOUR DE FRANCE winner Floyd Landis has vowed to clear his name after testing positive for unusual levels of testosterone during the event.