The Tour de France is considered by many to be the greatest sporting event in the world. A bicycle race spread out over 20 days, the Tour is roughly the equivalent of running a marathon, every day, for nearly a month. RideLust recently published a list of things you probably didn't know about...
France's Dominque Cottrez infanticide case worst in history of the country. The forty five year old mother of two living daughter's has been convicted of "systematically killing her babies since 1988." Cottrez hid 8 pregnancies and the bodies of her babies from her husband, Pierre Marie....
American Cyclist and former Wall Street Worker Evelyn Stevens nabbed her first stage victory by pulling past Kim Anderson to win stage 4 of the La Route de France on Thursday. "Evelyn Stevens (New York, N.Y.) pulled off her first major European road stage race victory with a win in stage four...
I wonder if the french can do anything right when it comes to bicycling's greatest event. After winning the tour and taking the podium with his team mate Lance Armstrong the french decided to play the Danish National Anthem instead of the Spanish National Anthem. I thought this tour was a big hit...
Albert Contador this years Tour De France Winner apparently doesnt like Lance Armstrong, nor does he have any respect for him. Which is kind of ironic because without Lance and his teammates I doubt Albert Contador would have advance as far as he did in the Tour De France. "Away from the spotlight...
Officials from Italy, France, and Switzerland are searching for missing twin girls after their father Matthias Kaspar Schepp commits suicide. The six year old Swiss twins, named Alessia and Livia, went missing on January 30, 2011. Schepp's body was found near a railway station in Bari, Italy,...
Acclaimed French actress Marie-France Pisier was found dead in a swimming pool on Sunday, April 24, 2011. The sixty six year old star of 1978's The Other Side Of Midnight was discovered at the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer villa she shared with her husband, Thierry funk Bretano during the early hours of...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Dogs are unique among non-human animals in that there is a long and storied history of dogs performing heroic, self-sacrificial acts for their human comrades. Below, we've put together a list of the eight most heroic dogs of all time. 8) Guinefort, the Saint of Infants A select few people have...
Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, arrived in Haiti to announce plans to assist in aid for the earthquake devastated country. This is the first Presidential visit in history since France colonized Haiti (then St. Domingue) from 1713 to 1787. Sarkozy pledged 230 million euros (the dollar...
