GETTING THERE: Air France and United fly from Dulles to Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport nonstop, a benefit when bringing a bicycle, since changing planes could increase the chance of lost luggage.

July 21 — Stage 14, Lodeve to Ment Ventoux, 220.5 (136.7) July 22 — Rest day, Transfer from Ment Ventoux to Vaison-la-Romaine July 23 — Stage 15, Vaison-la-Romaine to Les Deux-Alpes, 226 (140.12) July ...

PARIS -- Lance Armstrong will try for a fourth straight Tour de France title next year. That would leave him one victory short of the record shared by three others in the world's most prestigious ...

It's that time of year when the world's biking elite are winding their way through the French mountains and countryside. Even if you're not one of them, you may know the joy of the two wheeled ride.

Here's a real shocker:<BR><BR>LA MONGIE, France -- The opening mountain stage in the Tour France went as expected, and now Lance Armstrong is where he expected to be.<BR><BR><BR>In first ...