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  • Joaquim Rodriguez – meet Froome and Wiggins

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    Chris Froome has won his first stage race, the Tour of Oman, and a mighty impressive win it was too. He took the lead on stage four on Green Mountain, putting time into Cadel Evans, Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali, and then won the following day to extend his lead by a few seconds thanks…

  • Chris Froome loses the Vuelta

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    I’ve said before that no-one really wins a Grand Tour. It’s more that one person manages to postpone losing until after the race has finished. At some point or another, everyone else loses. It’s much like life. I’m pretty sure that Chris Froome lost the Vuelta yesterday. A few panting efforts in previous stages foreshadowed…

  • Chris Froome looks a bit wobbly

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    Not on his bike, you understand, although it would be totally forgivable – those time trial bikes are too damn narrow. They should do time trials on shopping bikes and Raleigh Choppers to keep everyone safe. No, what I actually mean with that title is that Froome’s Vuelta ambitions look a bit shaky after yesterday’s…

  • The urgency of the Vuelta

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    Bloody hell, my five riders to watch have already become three. Juan José Cobo lost almost a minute and will now support Alejandro Valverde, who’s in the red jersey; while Thomas De Gendt’s almost three minutes down. The Vuelta doesn’t muck about, does it? The Tour de France has frenetic cycling from the start, but…

  • Five riders to watch at the 2012 Vuelta a Espana

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    It’s the Vuelta tomorrow. After so much excitement, it’ll be good to have some cycling to follow where I don’t have too much vested in the outcome. Eurosport’s David Harmon says he likes the air of melancholy that pervades the Vuelta. It’s a slightly sad sort of a race, coming after the Tour and marking…

  • One yellow jersey – many owners

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    As defining images go, you’d think it would be difficult to beat the moment 1km from the finish of the final stage of this year’s Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins, in his yellow jersey, led. The entire peloton trailed behind him. However, there was a better moment and it came just a few seconds afterwards.…

  • Chris Froome sacrifices stage, Tour and self for Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky

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    This may be an exaggeration, but it’s not as ludicrous as it seems. Bouncing up the final climb of stage 17, Chris Froome seemed entirely unarsed by the gradient and more than capable of hauling in Alejandro Valverde. However, he opted to wait for Wiggins. Potential stage win lost. Froome also outperformed Bradley Wiggins in…

  • Half an idea what’s happening in the Tour de France

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    If you’ve no idea what’s going on in the Tour de France, here’s an update from someone with half an idea. Lesson one: forget about all the guys who won stages in the first week. They were just making hay while the road was flat. Yesterday it was onto the serious business. One of the…

  • Chris Froome – your favourite British rider

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    We quite like both Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish, but they’re not to everyone’s tastes. Chris Froome, however – as a Brit, how can you not get behind Chris Froome? The man has been suffering from bilharzia, a tropical parasite, for the last couple of years. He picked it up in Kenya, where he was…