21.   The injury almost certainly rules the French rider out for the rest of the season.

22.   The other positive doping result from the Swiss race is reportedly a French rider.

23.   The success of French riders took their medal tally to three golds, three silvers and two bronzes.

24.   There was some pushing and shoving between riders as they scrambled to get back on the bikes, with Armstrong pushing French rider Gilles Bouvard.

25.   French rider Richard Virenque notched his second victory in three days on the Criterium du Dauphine on Saturday, winning the Alpine sixth stage in a sprint finish.

26.   French riders are set to dominate the Olympic track cycling competition after lining up another raft of medals at the Stone Mountain velodrome on Friday.

27.   French rider Francis Moreau, pre-race favourite to win the world pursuit title here, was knocked out in the very first round on Tuesday.

28.   French rider Randy de Puniet, riding an Aprilia, came in third.