At this past weekend's Online News Association conference, the Online Journalism Awards were handed out. One of this year's winners was AFP for their coverage of the Tour de France.

The AFP won in the 'Creative use of Medium' category. "Judges said it is an incredible tool for following a sports event in real time, with an interface that provides tremendous detail on the race. It includes real-time running news updates and complete access to all data about every rider in the race. An excellent job mixing maps, news and data."

I remember using it at both USAToday's site as well as the NYTimes. Poynter has a story as well. (Thanx Barry for sending the tip)