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Aru on the uphill, Dumoulin on the downhill and Nicolas Roche way ahead of them

September 10, 2015 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

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…

Team Sky flash the cash and buy in some riding talent

October 1, 2014 · by Alex · in General

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…

Nicolas Roche makes a move

September 9, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

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…

Nicolas Roche just about leads the Vuelta

August 31, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

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…

Nicolas Roche wins one for all the Franco-Irish out there

August 26, 2013 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

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…

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