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Voigt (front) at the 2005 Tour de France; he held the overall lead of the race for one day, after the ninth stage. After a strong placing in the stage 1 time trial of the 2005 Tour de France, Voigt was only trailing race leader Armstrong by 1 minute and he tried hard to take the overall lead. He took part in many attacks, before the first rest ...
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) [4] is an American former professional road racing cyclist.He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found that Armstrong used ...
The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. [1] It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.
He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, [10] [11] and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France. [12] He holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France (35), achieved across 15 Tours and 17 years (2008-2024).
Michael Rasmussen (born 1 June 1974) is a retired Danish professional cyclist who competed in road racing and mountain biking. His most notable victories include four stages of the Tour de France (shared Danish record), and one stage of the Vuelta a España.
[71] [72] On 20 June, Vingegaard was confirmed in Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour de France line-up, ending weeks of speculation about his fitness. [73] On 10 July, Vingegaard won his fourth career Tour de France stage on stage 11, outsprinting his main rival Tadej Pogačar.
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
Ullrich with teammate Udo Bölts crossing the Vosges mountains during the 1997 Tour de France. Ullrich had 2 wins before the 1997 Tour; a stage in the Tour de Suisse and the national Road Race championship a week before the tour. He became favorite in the 1997 Tour de France. He started strongly, finishing second in the prologue behind Chris ...