Tag: Nicolas Roche
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Aru on the uphill, Dumoulin on the downhill and Nicolas Roche way ahead of them
In the autumn of his career, Haimar Zubeldia appears to have made an uncharacteristic decision to get on TV. He was one of two riders to emerge from a really rather sizeable break on stage 18. The other was Nicolas Roche, who won the stage for all the Franco-Irish out there. Roche generally rides well…
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Team Sky flash the cash and buy in some riding talent
A lot of cycling teams shop at Aldi or Lidl. They look to pick up high quality European riders at surprisingly affordable prices. Team Sky aren’t bargain hunters. They park their SUV in the mother and child spot at Waitrose and then buy whatever the hell they feel like, regardless of cost. Who’s in? The…
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Nicolas Roche makes a move
Mountain stage tactics usually revolve around little beyond being fitter and more spindly than everyone else, but Nicolas Roche and Team Saxo-Tinkoff actually did something slightly more interesting than that on stage 15. It wasn’t a move that was particularly devilish in its complexity, but it worked reasonably well. Basically, they stuck someone in the…
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Nicolas Roche just about leads the Vuelta
Nicolas Roche has actually got 17 seconds on Chris Horner in second place. It’s a reasonable buffer, but he was making faces like someone was tearing out clumps of pubic hair near the finish. Those 17 seconds might disappear in the blink of a watering eye. Roche came third. The good news for fans of…
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Nicolas Roche wins one for all the Franco-Irish out there
A huge win for Ireland/France with Nicolas Roche taking stage two of the Vuelta. Ireland and France have rarely taken such a big win simultaneously. Why do I say this? Because Nicolas Roche, son of Stephen, is actually pretty French. UK cycling coverage somewhat glosses over this, but he really is. He went to school…