Ax-3 Domaines
AX-3 DOMAINES, France - Tour de France leader Andy Schleck and defending champion Alberto Contador called a truce on the race's first day in the Pyrenees, but each declared that Monday's second day of mountain racing would be very different.
AX-3 DOMAINES, France - With the Pyrenees all too ready to punish riders, overall leader Andy Schleck and defending champion Alberto Contador sized each other up, matching wits and pedal strokes in a high-altitude waiting game at the Tour de France.
AX-3 DOMAINES, France - Lance Armstrong dismissed as "nonsense" a reported claim by Greg LeMond that the seven-time Tour de France champion tried to pay someone $300,000 to say LeMond used a banned drug.
AX-3 DOMAINES, France - Christophe Riblon of France won the Tour de France's first stage in the Pyrenees on Sunday, while Andy Schleck fended off challenges from Alberto Contador to remain the race's overall leader.
