Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has confirmed the 2013 race – the centenary edition – will start on the French island of Corsica. Corsica, which lies off the southern French coast, ...

Known for its glittering coastline, the French island of Corsica has a rugged side, too. I clung to the face of the limestone cliff like a crab, my fingers turning white as they clawed the chalky rock ...

New direction: Christian Prudhomme, the race director of the Tour de France, has handed Corsica its first stage of the world's biggest bike race Credit: Photo: GETTY IMAGES The 100th edition of the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The French island of Corsica will host the first three stages of the centenary edition of the Tour de France in 2013, officials ...

The 100th edition of the Tour de France has started in blazing sunshine in Corsica, with the first stage a 213-kilometre ride up the Mediterranean island's east coast from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia. It ...

After dropping by Corsica next summer, the Tour de France will be able to claim it has visited all of France. In a way, it has already started by electrifying all of Corsica! One of the festive events ...

A funny thing about the Tour de France is that it can give competitors the most fabulous terrain on which to ride, but it cannot force them to race. Instead of being the tricky day full of traps and ...

PARIS -- Cyclists in the 100th edition of the Tour de France will face an unprecedented double ascent of the iconic l'Alpe d'Huez as the race tries to move past the downfall of Lance Armstrong.