...ideals, 'the highest, the fastest, the strongest, the furthest,' " said 1992 Olympic pursuit gold medalist Chris Boardman of Britain. "The general public get it. It's a straight race, man against man or woman against woman and the...

...18th on Saturday, 16 seconds behind him. Mayo gave up 19 seconds to the Armstrong, placing 26th. Only Britain's Chris Boardman has ridden faster than Cancellara in the prologue event. Boardman clocked an average speed of 34.194 mph in Lille...

...competition. On Monday, riders of the Dutch TVM team are to be questioned about drug use by police in Reims. Britain's Chris Boardman was the Tour's early leader before crashing into a stone wall in Ireland and leaving the race. "The Tour is big...

...Cholet. The Tour de France tried to settle down after three hectic days and one hectic night in Ireland. Britain's Chris Boardman won the prologue and held the leader's yellow jersey for a day before crashing out in Monday's stage to Cork...

...Moncassin and Philippe Gaumont took the third through seventh spots, respectively -- all in the same time as Steels. Chris Boardman, the time-trial specialist from Britain who won Saturday's opening prologue through downtown Dublin, retained...

...top riders in Vyacheslav Yekimov of Russia, Jean-Cyril Robin of France and George Hincapie of the United States. Chris Boardman of Britain is a speed specialist who specializes in time trials. The opening time trial is about 4.5 miles around...

...prologue win in London. With his win in Monaco, Cancellara joined cycling legend Eddy Merckx, Thierry Marie and Chris Boardman, who also won the Tour's opening time trial three times. Bernard Hinault won a record five and Lance Armstrong...

...Its ouster ended a chaotic week since the historic start in Ireland on July 11. The leader of the first two days, Chris Boardman, fell and crashed out of the race last Monday while wearing the yellow jersey. Then the drug scandel hit. First...

...trials with a time of 1 hour, 4 minutes, 5 seconds. His countryman, Abraham Olano, took the silver medal and Chris Boardman of Britain got the bronze in 1:04:36. Bjarne Riis of Denmark, who ended Indurain's string of five straight...

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Chris Boardman of Britain won Saturday's prologue of the Tour de France, as the Irish start to the world's premier cycling race was marred...