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by Andrew Dent ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 25, 2013 (AFP) - Germany's Andre Greipel avoided two late crashes to win the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under in the Barossa Valley town of Tanunda on Friday, breaking the record for the most stage wins in the race's history. Greipel charged home after another perfect lead-out from his Lotto Belisol team to win his 13th stage of the … [Read more...]
by Andrew Dent ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2013 (AFP) - Dutch rider Tom Jelte Slagter won the third stage of the Tour Down Under with a powerful uphill sprint while Britain's Geraint Thomas retained his position as overall leader on Thursday. Slagter, from Team Blanco, moved to within five seconds of Thomas in the general classification after he led home Australian Matthew Goss … [Read more...]
by Andrew Dent ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2013 (AFP) - Britain's Geraint Thomas launched an audacious attack on Corkscrew Hill then outsprinted his rivals to record a brilliant win in the second stage of the Tour Down Under Wednesday. Thomas, who won gold in the team pursuit at the London Olympics, broke clear halfway up Corkscrew Hill five kilometres from the finish line and … [Read more...]
by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 19, 2012 (AFP) - Welshman Geraint Thomas has few qualms about helping boost Britain's Olympic medals haul at London this summer - even if it comes at a cost to his promising road career. Thomas, an Olympic team pursuit champion from Beijing, has emerged as one of the peloton's most promising young riders in the past two years with … [Read more...]
LONDON, Sept 16, 2011 - Team Sky duo Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins were named Friday in the British team for next month's road cycling World Championships in Copenhagen. Froome and Wiggins' participation comes after the pair finished second and third at the Tour of Spain last weekend, the first time two British cyclists have secured podium finishes at the end of a Grand Tour. The … [Read more...]
The Welshman has been one of the big success stories of the Tour de France, wearing the young rider's white jersey for most of the opening week after finishing sixth on the opening stage. He also produced a brilliant performance to lead out teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen for his victory on stage six and then won the combativity award for heading a breakaway for most of the 12th stage when the … [Read more...]
LUZ ARDIDEN, France, July 14, 2011 (AFP) - British Olympic champion Geraint Thomas admitted to being spooked by two near crash disasters during the first high mountain stage of the Tour de France Thursday. Team Sky rider Thomas had been part of an early six-man breakaway which built a nine-minute lead on the main peloton on the 211km ride from Cugnaux to the first summit finish in Luz … [Read more...]
LUZ ARDIDEN, France, July 14, 2011 (AFP) - Race leader Thomas Voeckler and German Andrea Kloden were among a small group of riders who fell victim to a crash during the 12th stage of the Tour de France Thursday. The pile-up occurred just after the chasing peloton had crested the first of three major climbs, La Hourquette d'Anzican, 141.5 km into the 211 km stage from Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden … [Read more...]
Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky Rider: "It's probably not much of a climb if you do it in training but the way the stage was, with the wet, the wind and a nervy peloton, that was pretty tough at the end of 170k. "I just conceded a few seconds at the top there but gained a lot on other people and at the end of three weeks it's not going to mean much. It was a tricky finish and it's a question of … [Read more...]
LONDON, July 27, 2010 (AFP) - UK Sport performance director Peter Keen is concerned his counterpart at British Cycling, Dave Brailsford, has taken a big risk trying to oversee a Tour de France team while still being in charge of the country's Olympic programme. Keen, Brailsford's predecessor, said running a professional cycling team alongside an Olympic track squad is not something he would … [Read more...]