Great Britain’s Chris Froome Becomes Third-Time Winner of Tour de France
July 25, 2016 R K Gupta
Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceIn an expected finish to the 2016 Tour de France on Sunday, Britain’s Christopher Froome emerged as the winner for the second year in a row. The 31-year old Team Sky Rider Froome also took the honor as the only Briton to have won the Tour de France three times after his first win in […]
Read more
Fabio Aru emerges as Vuelta favourite after a day to forget for Froome and Quintana
September 4, 2015 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Vuelta a EspanaIt was expected that Stage 11 of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana would prove decisive in determining which of the pre-race favourites was likely to emerge as winner of three week cycling race. The route was designed by peleton rider and local favourite Joaquim Rodriguez and involved negotiating five mountain passes on route from Andorra […]
Read more
Nibali disqualification among several topics for debate during opening days of Vuelta a Espana
August 27, 2015 John Welsh
Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, Vuelta a EspanaJust four weeks after the conclusion of the Tour de France, the 2015 Vuelta a Espana began in the province of Malaga last weekend with several of the leading contenders for honours in the French Grand Tour participating in this event. Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde, Vincenzo Nibali and Tejay van Garderen were all […]
Read more
Froome acknowledges the vital role of his fellow Team Sky members in clinching 2015 Tour de France victory
July 27, 2015 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceAndre Greipel won the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France after a tussle amongst the sprinters on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, but it was noticeable that overall winner Chris Froome crossed the finishing line alongside his fellow Team Sky members as if to demonstrate that his victory owed […]
Read more
Expect attacks from Quintana as two difficult Alpine stages loom in Tour de France
July 24, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceWith two days completed in the Alps and just two remaining, Chris Froome still retains his 3 minutes and 10 second lead to Colombian rider Nairo Quintana in the Tour de France general classification, but there are suggestions that difficult summit finishes to La Toussuire and L’Alpe d’Huez will offer a real opportunity for Quintana […]
Read more
Unwelcome incidents frustrate Team Sky as Froome seeks to maintain his Tour de France lead
July 19, 2015 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceIt has been quite an eventful week for Team Sky at the 2015 Tour de France. There have been allegations of hacking into the training data of the team amid accusations of doping within the camp while Richie Porte has also claimed to have been punched by a spectator. Then on Saturday’s stage to the […]
Read more
Froome overwhelms his Tour de France rivals during first day in Pyrenees
July 14, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceThe first serious mountain stage in any Tour de France is normally the day in which the pre-race favourites test each other with bursts of acceleration and counter-attacks during the final kilometres. During action often resembling a game of chess or poker as increases in pace are followed by deliberate slowdowns, one rider usually claims […]
Read more
Froome retains Tour de France lead after Team Time Trial with the mountain stages next on the agenda
July 12, 2015 John Welsh
Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Cycling, Nairo Quintana, Team Sky, Tour de FranceDuring a first week of crashes, several misfortunes and a great deal of thrilling action, Chris Froome will enter the mountain stages of the 2015 Tour de France with a 12 second lead over BMC rider Tejay van Garderen after a team time trial on Sunday which tested the resolve of many of the riders […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Quintana and Uran lead the re-emergence of Colombian cyclists
June 2, 2014 John Welsh
Cycling, Giro d'Italia, Nairo QuintanaNairo Quintana may have clinched the 2014 Giro d’Italia after an impressive display in the mountain stages but the performance of the Colombian cyclists during the three week marathon rekindled memories of fellow compatriots in the early 1980’s. While it may be too early to envisage an inaugural Colombian victory in the Tour de France, […]
Read more- IPL 2020- Clinical MI win their 5th Championship in 8 years
- IPL 2020- Dhawan Stoinis power DC to first-ever IPL final
- IPL 2020 – SRH eliminates RCB courtesy of a Williamson masterclass
- IPL 2020 – MI decimates DC to cruise to Finals
- IPL 2020- Nortje Rahane take DC to the playoff, RCB tags along
| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRANNOY H. S. | 62,410 |
| 2 | Viktor AXELSEN | 61,500 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 58,580 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 55,060 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 52,440 |