Team Sky

Team Sky ill-fortune continues as Nibali appears confident in Tour de France

 July 19, 2014   John Welsh

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Team Sky may have dominated the previous two editions of the Tour de France with both Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome emerging as victors in the three week race. However, for the 2014 renewal, the ill-fortune of the team has continued the pattern of recent weeks with their main contender Richie Porte failing to […]

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Froome

Froome and Contador withdrawals may overshadow eventual 2014 Tour de France victor

 July 16, 2014   John Welsh

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The 2014 Tour de France had been billed as a clash between pre-race favourites Chris Froome and Alberto Contador but after both riders were forced to abandon the contest after separate crashes caused race ending injuries, Italian Vincenzo Nibali now appears to be in pole position to claim his first victory in the prestigious three […]

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Judgement error by Contador allows Talansky to win Dauphine as Froome displays signs of weakness

 June 17, 2014   John Welsh

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When Chris Froome won the first two stages of the 2014 Criterium du Dauphine to lead Alberto Contador by twelve seconds, it was assumed that it was business as usual and yet another successful stepping stone in his attempt to secure a second successive Tour de France. Yet a crash on stage six of the […]

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Froome

Froome prologue win in Dauphine ends a troubled week for Team Sky

 June 9, 2014   John Welsh

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Chris Froome won the 10km prologue around the streets of Lyon on the opening day of the Criterium du Dauphine in his bid to win the race for the second successive year. Alberto Contador was eight seconds adrift of the Team Sky rider, but the success of Froome ends a week during which a war […]

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Tour de Romandie

Froome retains Tour de Romandie title but questions still remain

 May 5, 2014   John Welsh

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Prior to the staging of this year’s event, the previous three winners of the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland had also claimed victory in the Tour de France just two months later. When Chris Froome won the time trial in Neuchatel on the final stage of the 2014 renewal, he not only retained the title […]

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