Giro puncture proves costly for Richie Porte but where were his fellow Team Sky riders
May 20, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Cycling, Giro d'Italia, Richie Porte, Team SkyThe fairly flat Stage 10 of the 2015 Giro d’Italia was expected to be a typical transition day for those riders contesting the overall classification with a breakaway group and the sprinters hoping to be the main focus of attention. Punctures and the occasional crash often occur during these days but the riders often recover […]
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Contador retains Giro d’Italia lead despite shoulder injury
May 15, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Cycling, Giro d'ItaliaWith seven stages completed in the 2015 Giro d’Italia, pre-race favourite Alberto Contador leads the general classification by 2 seconds from Italian hope Fabian Aru as Richie Porte occupies third position a further 18 seconds behind, but it has not been a routine first week for the Spanish rider who has yet to lose a […]
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Contador aiming for Grand Tour double as 2015 Giro d’Italia begins
May 10, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Cycling, Giro d'Italia, Grand TourThe 2015 Giro d’Italia began on Saturday with a team time trial along the Italian Riveria coastline from San Lorenzo Al Mare to the San Remo, and after all 22 participating teams had finished the 17.6 kilometre route, Orica-GreenEDGE claimed victory by seven seconds from Tinko-Saxoff, the team of pre-race favourite Alberto Contador. Having succeeded […]
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A difficult week for Chris Froome in Catalonia as Richie Porte prospers
March 30, 2015 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Team SkyRichie Porte claimed another victory for Team Sky on Sunday when winning the Volta a Catalunya with Spain’s Alejandro Valverde finishing four seconds behind in the overall classification after leading home a group of riders in the last of the seven stages around Barcelona. However, the event was particularly noted for the contrasting fortunes of […]
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Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico races provide early clues to form ahead of Grand Tours
March 18, 2015 John Welsh
Cycling, Grand Tours, Paris-Nice, Tirreno AdriaticoAs the World’s leading road racing cyclists hone their fitness as a prelude to riding the Grand Tours during late Spring and Summer, two important stage races have finished in recent days and while it is still early days in the cycling calendar, the results have provided an indication of the current form of the […]
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Wiggins declares his new ambitions as he says goodbye to the Grand Tours of Cycling
January 8, 2015 John Welsh
Bradley Wiggins, CyclingIn announcing that he is launching a new cycling team from April 2015, Sir Bradley Wiggins has perhaps declared that he will no longer be contesting the Grand Tours of the European calendar and that his Tour de France victory of 2012 will be his sole success in that prestigious event. Wiggins will ride for […]
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2015 Tour de France route cannot be described as a lap of the country
October 23, 2014 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Tour de FranceThe French word ‘Tour’ translates to a ‘Lap’ in English but the course for the 2015 Tour de France can certainly not be described as a lap of that country. It is fair to say that Belgium, Netherlands, the North coast and southern France are the only regions visited with Bordeaux and western area completely […]
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Contador virtually seals Vuelta victory as fighting dominates stage headlines.
September 9, 2014 John Welsh
Cycling, Grand Tour, Vuelta a EspanaGianluca Brambilla and Ivan Rovny may have claimed the headlines during the 16th stage of the 2014 Vuelta a Espana as they were disqualified for exchanging blows when riding with a small breakaway group, but the real drama occurred on the final climb of the day. Alberto Contador won the race to the summit finish […]
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Contador leads the Vuelta after a day of drama for Quintana
September 2, 2014 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Cycling, Grand Tour, Nairo Quintana, spain, Vuelta a EspanaThe official statistics for 10th stage of the 2014 Vuelta a Espana will show that Tony Martin won the individual time trial from Monasterio de Santa Maria de Veruela to Borja and that Alberto Contador claimed the red jersey as race leader, but hidden amongst that detail is the drama which ensued just after the […]
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Froome shows sign of weakness as Quintana leads Vuelta
September 1, 2014 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Quintana, Vuelta a EspanaFor the first week of the 2014 Vuelta a Espana, most of the pre-race favourites were quite content to ride alongside each other with only Thursday’s stage to La Zubia producing any indication of which rider may have arrived in Spain with decent form. However, the summit finish at the ski resort of Valdelinaires provided […]
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