Armstrong seals Tour hat-trick
Lance Armstrong completes his third consecutive Tour de France victory.

Zabel closes in on green
Eric Zabel wins the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, leaving him just two points behind green jersey holder Stuart O'Grady.

Armstrong too quick for rivals
Lance Armstrong increases his lead in the Tour de France with a stunning performance in the final time-trial.

Baguet wins stage 17
Highlights from stage 17 of the Tour de France, where Belgium's Serge Baguet clinches it.

Voigt triumphs in Sarran
Highlights from stage 16 of the Tour de France, taken by Germany's Jens Voigt in a sprint finish.

Verbrugghe claims 15th stage
Belgium's Rik Verbrugghe wins the 15th stage of the Tour de France but Lance Armstrong remains the man to beat.

Armstrong rides away
Lance Armstrong increases his lead over Jan Ulrich, who moves up to third after the 14th stage of the Tour de France.

Armstrong takes yellow
Images from the 13th stage of the Tour de France, as Lance Armstrong regains the yellow jersey for the first time since he won the race last year.

Cardenas secures Tour win
Action from Perpignan where Columbian Felix Carden wins the 12th stage of the Tour de France to record his first ever tour victory.

Armstrong triumphs in the mountains
The 11th stage of the Tour de France sees the riders endure a 32km time-trial from Grenoble to Chaurosse.

Armstrong takes 10th stage
Images from stage ten of the Tour de France as Lance Armstrong wins and Fran�ois Simon takes the yellow jersey.

Stage nine spoils to Ivanov
Images from stage nine of the Tour de France as Sergei Ivanov wins and Stuart O'Grady retains the yellow jersey.

Dekker shines in the rain
Dutchman Erik Dekker wins stage eight in a tight sprint finish as Stuart O'Grady wrestles back the yellow jersey.

French in seventh heaven
Images from stage seven of the Tour de France which sees Frenchman Laurent Jalabert win on Bastille Day.

Kirsipuu wins stage six
Images from the Commercy to Strasbourg stage in which Estonia's Jaan Kirsipuu crossed the line first to take the green jersey.

O'Grady still in front
Stuart O'Grady extends his overall lead as his Credit Agricole team wins stage five of the Tour de France.

Jalabert takes fourth stage
Laurent Jalabert finishes in front at Verdun, but Stuart O'Grady retains the yellow jersey at the end of the fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Zabel sprints to victory
Stuart O'Grady takes the overall lead of the Tour de France, but Erik Zabel wins the third stage - his second victory of Le Tour.

Home win for Wauters
Marc Wauters of Belgium wins the second stage of the Tour de France as the race crosses the Belgian border.

Tour leaves St-Omer
Frenchman Christophe Moreau leads after the first stage of the Tour de France and sports the yellow jersey.

Le Tour gets underway
French champion Christophe Moreau takes the yellow jersey in the prologue time-trials at the 88th Tour de France.

Armstrong wins Tour de Suisse
Lance Armstrong is the overall winner after Oskar Camenzind wins the final stage of the Tour de Suisse.

Konychev takes fifth stage
Dimitri Konychev wins the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, from Widnau to the St. Gotthard pass. Wladimir Belli is overall race leader.

Vinokourov the victor
Alexandre Vinokourov wins the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse from Baar to Wildhaus reducing Gianluca Bortolami's lead to just 14 seconds.

Zabel powers to victory
Germany's Erik Zabel wins the opening stage of the Tour de Suisse ahead of Italy's Paolo Bettini.

Tour history: The pictures
Superb images of the world's greatest sporting adventure - the Tour de France.

Highlights of Tour 2000
BBC Sport Online highlights the dramas that unfolded during last year's Tour de France.

Scenes from the Tour
The Tour winds its way through France taking in wonderful vistas

Tour de France legends
BBC Sport Online charts the riders that have left a permanent impression on the Tour de France