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While team mate Filippo Pozatto was took the win in Italy Saturday, Russian team mate Pavel Brutt doubled the weekend wins for the Katusha outfit when he made good on a late attack to take an impressive solo victory in the 38th edition of the Tour de Vendee.

FRENCH cycling teams Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis will not race on the ProTour circuit next season after the UCI, world cycling's governing body, refused to renew their licences.

Out of favour: Thomas Voeckler may be able to repeat his stage winning heroics with Bbox Bouygues Telecom at next year's Tour de France, but not on the ProTour The decision comes just two days after the Road Race World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, where UCI members gathered for their annual committee meeting to discuss key issues facing ...

French national team boss Laurent Jalabert on Saturday said his men must take inspiration from their compatriot Romain Sicard as they attempt to end a drought stretching back to Laurent Brochard's World Championship win in San Sebastian in 1997.

Fan favorite, Ancien champion de France Thomas Voeckler always popular for an autograph.

MixingBowl on 606: " Rob Harmeling got the lantern rouge in '91 and then went on to win a stage in '92. He was also disqualified in the '94 Le Tour for hanging on to his team's car, probably trying to avoid getting the lantern rouge again." 1456: Yep, Hushovd takes those six points and is now 30 points ahead of Cav in the green jersey standings.

When French riders pedal along the course in the Tour de France , it causes a tizzy among their compatriots along the roadside.

Photo: Agence France Presse Mikel Astarloza used a daring last-minute break to win the 16th stage of the 2009 Tour de France, a short, tough ride from Martigny in Switzerland, to Bourg-Saint-Maurice in France.

On a 200km stage, Heinrich Haussler was off the front for 195km. Most important, he was off the front at the very end of the day.

Bouygues Telecom will continue to sponsor their eponymous ProTour team until the end of the 2010 season.

Frenchman Thomas Voeckler timed his move to perfection to clinch a maiden Tour de France win after an early breakaway surprised the sprinters' teams on Wednesday.

It usually takes a highly-publicised doping scandal to bring Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme to the brink of tears.

Cycling's greatest race has not had a home winner since 1985. But is that because the others cheat - or French riders are lazy? The pack negotiates a curve in the Pyrenees during the 8th stage of the Tour.

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong remains in third place overall after Sunday's ninth stage.

Mikhail Ignatiev of Russia, front left, Mark Cavendish of Britain, wearing the best sprinter s green jersey, at front center, and Tyler Farrar of the US, front right, lead the sprint in the pack at the finish of the fifth stage of the Tour de France in Perpignan, France, on Wednesday.

Astana rider Alberto Contador rides to the finish of stage seven of the Tour de France when he made up vital time to go ahead of team-mate and rival Lance Armstrong.

Today we had the feel-good story of the Tour , as Thomas Voeckler led a break which was out all day and stayed away , winning by seven seconds in front of the field after staying out for 180K in a rolling stage from Le Cap da Agde to Perpignan.

Five years to the day after he put on the yellow jersey, Thomas Voeckler of France claimed his first stage victory in the Tour de France.

Thomas Voeckler gave the host country its first victory in this year's Tour de France on his lucky day, winning the fifth stage from Le Cap d'Agde to Perpignan on his own on Wednesday.

Dutchman Robert Gesink has pulled out of the Tour de France with a wrist fracture after crashing during the fifth stage from Cap d'Agde to Perpignan, organisers said.