HELLERUP, Denmark, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Saxo Bank, the specialist in trading and investment, has more than Team Saxo Bank to celebrate following the 2010 Tour de France. With Andy Schleck as team leader, the Saxo Bank team won four stages, the youth competition and finished in second place overall.

MORGAN HILL, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Every bike company dreams of winning the Tour de France: Specialized realized its dream and took it one step further, with Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck riding their Specialized bikes to a 1-2 finish Sunday in Paris.

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2010 Tour de France is just past its mid-point, and already the race has been filled with surprises and controversy.

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Alberto Contador of Spain won the Tour de France for the second time in three years Sunday, finishing more than 4 minutes ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. American Lance Armstrong, a seven-time winner of the race, was third. Contador held a substantial lead and had all but clinched the title prior to the 21st, and final, stage -- a 164-kilometer (102-mile) run from Montrereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris that was won by Britain's Mark Cavendish. I'm extremely happy, the Spaniard said after his victory became official.