Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:30:40 +0000
The champion-in-waiting said he was so nervous on the climb to Val Thorens in the Alps that he counted down the kilometres on the way up as defending champion and teammate Geraint Thomas ended the day in second overall, with Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk in third.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:00:23 +0000
The stage will have no official winner, but the yellow jersey goes to Bernal as he crossed the day’s penultimate summit first and was racing downhill with Simon Yates when the pair were told of the danger ahead. The road to Tignes was buried in hail and rubble from a landslide.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:45:06 +0000
Bernal, at 22 the youngest man in the race, sprung his attack three kilometers from the summit of the Col du Galibier, running the gauntlet of the fans packed onto the final stages of the relentless 23-kilometer climb, which ended at over 2,600m.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:30:17 +0000
As France experienced a heatwave defending champion Thomas mis-timed a curb and was left with a gash on his left leg after hitting the tarmac hard on the 177km run around the southern city of Nimes.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:54:02 +0000
With six riders within reach of the podium heading into the toughest final stages in the Alps, the race that resumes Tuesday after the final off-day is tantalizingly poised.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:30:21 +0000
“It’s clear he’ll take no part in the Tour,” Brailsford told French television while four time Tour de France winner Froome was being treated at the scene in a parked ambulance.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 11:30:09 +0000
“I wouldn’t change a thing. I wouldn’t change the way I acted,” Armstrong said in excerpts of an interview with American broadcaster NBC Sports that will air on May 29. “I mean I would, but this is a longer answer.” – Lance Armstrong
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