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Froome retains Tour de France lead after Team Time Trial with the mountain stages next on the agenda

 July 12, 2015   John Welsh

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During 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 […]

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Tony Martin leads the Tour de France

Tony Martin leads the Tour de France after a few days of mixed fortunes for the favourites

 July 8, 2015   John Welsh

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German time trial specialist Tony Martin now leads the Tour de France after four days of fairly intensive riding for the peleton in which one or two of the pre-race favourites fared better than others. Martin managed to escape from the leading group of riders with just a few kilometres remaining in Tuesday’s difficult stage […]

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Froome and Contador benefit from early Tour de France action but difficult days await

 July 5, 2015   John Welsh

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There was a time when the opening week of the Tour de France was geared more for the sprinters as the contenders for overall victory were generally satisfied to be finishing in the middle of a closely grouped peleton on the flat stages. Individual time trials plus the mountain stages in the Pyrenees and Alps […]

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Chris Froome

Chris Froome secures a second Criterium du Dauphine victory but the Tour de France will be a greater challenge

 June 16, 2015   John Welsh

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With the Tour de France due to start in less than three weeks, 2013 winner Chris Froome ended his serious racing preparation for the event by claiming victory in the Criterium du Dauphine staged in the French Alps, a race which he also won prior to claiming his solitary Tour de France success. Although the […]

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2015 Tour de France route cannot be described as a lap of the country

 October 23, 2014   John Welsh

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The 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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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage Thirteen

Nibali cements his position as 2014 Tour de France leader with faultless performance at Hautacam

 July 25, 2014   John Welsh

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Vincenzo Nibali was expected to win the 2014 Tour de France after a strong performance in the Alps allowed him to assume a clear lead in the general classification, but his display in the 18th stage from Pau to Hautacam underlined his superiority over the remainder of the peleton. After two difficult stages in the […]

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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 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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