PARIS (AP) Along with Bradley Wiggins becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France, the youngest riders injected the 99th edition of the Tour with plenty of excitement.

American Tejay van Garderen, 23, and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, 22, dominated the competition for the white and green jerseys. (MORE)

LONDON (AP) Boosted by the Olympics and Bradley Wiggins' victory at the Tour de France, London Mayor Boris Johnson says the city will bid for the 2016 track cycling world championships.

Johnson says London has been chosen by the British cycling federation as its candidate over Manchester and Glasgow. The championships would be held at the Olympic velodrome. (MORE)

CHARTRES, France (AP) U.S. cyclist Tejay Van Garderen has dedicated his strong performance in the Tour de France's final time trial to the victims of the deadly shootings at a movie theater in his home state.

The 23-year-old rider lives in Boulder, Colo. He says he had the victims in his mind during Saturday's 33-mile stage in which he finished seventh, and he'll be "thinking of them when I get to Paris," where the race ends Sunday. (MORE)

CHARTRES, France (AP) Bradley Wiggins has one thing to say to critics who call this year's Tour de France boring: Get used to it.

The doping that fuelled past Tours was thankfully being driven out of the sport, Wiggins said, leaving riders to make "marginal gains" by getting enough sleep and staying hydrated. (MORE)

CHARTRES, France (AP) Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome will share a glass of champagne during Sunday's final stage of the Tour de France to celebrate Britain's historic 1-2 finish in the world's most prestigious cycling race. Their better halves might not be up for it.

Wiggins' wife and Froome's girlfriend have been at the center of a Twitter dispute that started after Stage 11. Froome was told to wait for his leader in the ascent to the ski station of La Toussuire. That day, Froome was clearly the best, but his Sky team's race strategy forced him to stay in his support role. (MORE)

PAU, France (AP) A backup sample confirms Frank Schleck tested positive for a banned diuretic at the Tour de France, but the star Luxembourg rider insisted Friday he is not guilty of doping.

The RadioShack Nissan Trek leader was pulled from the Tour on Tuesday after the International Cycling Union said he had tested positive for the banned diuretic Xipamide on July 14. He was in 12th place overall, 9 minutes, 45 seconds behind leader Bradley Wiggins. (MORE)