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LONDON, May 06, 2013 - Chris Froome is set to lead Team Sky's bid to win this year's Tour de France, principal Dave Brailsford said Monday. Ever since Froome played a key role last year in helping team-mate Bradley Wiggins become the first Briton to win cycling's most prestigious road race there has been intense speculation as to which one of the riders would be in the 'number one' … [Read more...]
LONDON, April 30, 2013 - Chris Froome has contradicted team-mate and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins by claiming that he will lead Team Sky's challenge in this year's race. Wiggins has suggested Sky will wait until the last minute before appointing a team leader for the gruelling 21-stage event, which runs from June 29 to July 21. But Froome, who has enjoyed an … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, April 28, 2013 (AFP) - British rider Chris Froome won the Tour of Romandie on Sunday for his third big win of the season. The 27-year-old Team Sky cyclist - the Olympic time-trial bronze medalist and second in last year's Tour de France - had 54 seconds to spare over second-placed Slovenian Simon Spilak while Portugal's Rui Costa filled third spot just as he did last year. … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, April 27, 2013 (AFP) - Slovene Simon Spilak won the fourth stage of the Tour of Romandie on Saturday as Chris Froome extended his overall lead. Briton Froome tightened his grip on the yellow jersey as he finished just behind Spilak after 188.5km from Marly to Les Diablerets. In dismal weather conditions the lead pair finished more than a minute ahead of Rui Alberto Da … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, April 23, 2013 (AFP) - Britain's Chris Froome, the pre-race favorite, on Tuesday won the Tour of Romandie prologue, a 7.4km ride between Chable and Bruson, in a time of 13min 15secs. The Sky team leader finished six seconds ahead of American rider Andrew Talansky, while Croatia's Robert Kiserlovski, was third, 13 seconds adrift of first place. Wednesday's first stage … [Read more...]
LYON, April 15, 2013 (AFP) - Tour de France hopefuls Alberto Contador and Chris Froome will be the two star names at the Grand Boucle's main warm-up event the Criterium de Dauphine in June, organizers said on Monday. The week-long event is often seen as a good marker for Tour form and Briton Bradley Wiggins won last year before going on to triumph in cycling's biggest race. The … [Read more...]
COL de l'Ospedale, France, March 24, 2013 (AFP) - Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome won the two-day Criterium International on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on Sunday. The Briton, who won the third and final stage, was followed home by his Team Sky teammate, Australian Richie Porte, the overnight leader. Living up to their reputation at being able to fend off rivals the … [Read more...]
ROME, March 12, 2013 - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali successfully defended his Tirreno-Adriatico crown on Tuesday as the Astana racer held off the challenge of Britain's Chris Froome. Froome had begun the day 34sec behind his rival and Nibali was able to hold him off to take the overall win following a 9.2km time-trial around San Benedetto del Tronto on Italy's eastern Adriatic coast. … [Read more...]
ROME, March 10, 2013 (AFP) - Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez won the fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 230km from Ortona to Chieti on Sunday as Britain's Chris Froome moved into the overall lead. Sky's Froome finished in a group, including former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, just a few seconds behind Rodriguez. That was enough for the Briton to wrench the leader's blue … [Read more...]
ROME, March 9, 2013 - Britain's Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome won the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday to close in on the leader's blue jersey. Poland's Michal Kwiatowski took fourth on the bumpy 173km run from Narni to Prati di Tivo to take charge of the general classification. He finished 13sec behind Froome and now leads the Sky man by 4sec overall. … [Read more...]