The Tour de France has started. It must be July! Here is a good site to follow the races. They have frequent live updates during each stage.

Bicycling 2005 Tour de France

Or:

Velonews 2005 Tour de France

Lance Armstrong is going for a record 7 in a row. This will also be Lance's last Tour. He started out strong in the opening time trial but there is a lot more to come and he needs to preserve himself and his team until he gets to the mountains. Here is a run down of the significant stages:

Pre-Tour Open Thread