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MACON, France, July 10, 2012 (AFP) - It will take a concerted and sustained effort to destabilize Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky at the Tour de France, but the Briton's rivals are queuing up to have a go. Sky leader Wiggins resumes the race on Wednesday with a significant lead of 1min 53sec over Australia's defending champion Cadel Evans, of BMC. But with several other challengers … [Read more...]
JABAL AL AKHDHAR, Oman, Feb 18, 2012 (AFP) - Italy's Vicenzo Nibali of the Liquigas team won the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman following a grueling climb to the summit of the Green Mountain on Saturday. The 27-year-old attacked four kilometers from the line following a tough 6km climb, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Slovak Peter Velits who took the leader's red jersey from Germany's … [Read more...]
MADRID - Overnight race leader Igor Anton sensationally crashed out of the Tour of Spain after suffering injuries in a crash inside the last 10km of the race's 14th stage on Saturday. Joaquin Rodriguez, a stage winner at the Tour de France in July, took the stage honors after counter-attacking Italian Vicenzo Nibali on the final ramps of the Pena Cabarga climb after 178km of racing from … [Read more...]