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Andre Greipel rides like the wind – which on this stage meant in brutal, destructive fashion
Greipel wins! Take that pedals! At the finish, Mark Cavendish’s Etixx-Quick Step team made a bollocks of it. Starting his effort early, Cavendish seemed to be sprinting for an age with a great line of riders just chilling out behind him, biding their time. Other than Greipel, Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellara also went past…
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Rohan Dennis almost five per cent of the way to being a Grand Tour contender
The rider called Rohan (Dennis) won the opening time trial at this year’s Tour and so earned himself a yellow item of clothing for at least a day. At an average speed of 55.4kph it was the fastest individual time trial ever, pipping Chris Boardman’s 1994 prologue effort. A hot day and a relatively short…
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Yellow jersey contenders in 2015
This year, the Tour de France delivers what it’s supposed to. All the various riders who have been off doing their own thing for the last couple of years all come together to face one another. Even better, there’s no one outstanding contender. Rather, there are four riders each of whom would normally expect to…
