SAINT-BRIEUC, France --- Sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday...Saint-Brieuc that favored sprinters. WINNER: Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole won his sixth Tour stage. Kim Kirchen...
...Tour runner-up, will be at home after injuring his spine this month in the Criterium du Dauphine race. Norway's Thor Hushovd, who won two Tour stages last year, is out while he recovers from a virus.At least one Tour record will be rewritten...
...on a wild day of crashes, while France's Thomas Voeckler finished second to take the leader's yellow jersey from Thor Hushovd.Among those caught in the mayhem was defending champion Alberto Contador, who overcame another crash, banging his...
...surprised key rivals with a brazen attack on a relatively easy climb in the Alpine foothills in Tuesday's Stage 16, won by Thor Hushovd of Norway in a breakaway.Contador, baring his teeth as his tires sizzled on the rain-slick roads, surged out...
...runner-up Cadel Evans said. "There'll be fireworks, don't worry."The test comes today, a day after Norway's Thor Hushovd won the 13th stage and France's Thomas Voeckler kept the yellow jersey.Today's stage is the third consecutive...
...seconds on his likely rivals by placing second to Stage 4 winner Cadel Evans in a two-man photo finish.Norway's Thor Hushovd, a sprint specialist, barely kept the yellow jersey in the 107-mile leg from Lorient to Mur-de-Bretagne. He...
...popping the champagne after its first stage win in the event.For Vaughters, the victory was especially sweet because Thor Hushovd of Norway -- a Garmin-Cervelo rider and former teammate years ago -- took the yellow jersey off Philippe Gilbert...
...so in the same town -- Chateauroux -- where he won the first of his 17 Tour de France stages in 2008. Norway's Thor Hushovd kept the yellow jersey.Another British rider, Bradley Wiggins, was knocked out of the race after breaking his left...
...Cap Frehel along the rocky western French shores on the English Channel.The top of the standings didn't change. Thor Hushovd, of Norway, kept the yellow jersey for a fourth day, with a 1-second lead over Cadel Evans, of Australia. Frank...
...of Australia was second, three seconds back -- making him the best performer among the expected title contenders. Thor Hushovd, of Norway, was third, six seconds off the pace.The 2,131-mile race ends July 24 on Paris' Champs-Elysees...
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