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Wiggins shifts focus to Tour
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Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed he was pulled out of the Giro d'Italia in order to recover in time for next month's Tour de France. Comment?
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French police seize cannabis hidden in carrot shipment
... r says. Lance Armstrong was facing two more lawsuits on Friday spawned by his admission that all seven of his Tour de France victories were fueled by banned drugs. Comment?
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The Gruppetto: 24 hours at the Giro d'Italia | James Callow
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... rosso passione . Vincenzo Nibali Or rather, does the Italian ever have bad days? A look back to last year's Tour de France will confirm that he does but he has been peerless and flawless over the past 17 stages. So much so that the Italian media has ... Comment?
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Tempo della Responsibilita: The Team Capsules, Revisited
... has a near-lock on the KOM jersey, so there's that too. Make-good time, as Blanco trade in their faint Tour de France hopes for something more realistic (maybe). Gesink is the captain, but it was Kruijswijk who added "strong Giro" to his resume two ... Comment?
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Evans confirmed as Tour de France team leader
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... how strong Evans had been in Italy, Ochowicz said: "Yeah ... We came in here really thinking about the Tour de France and still are. Still, being in this position in the Giro is a blessing - for us and for Cadel it confirms he is ready for the Tour. ... Comment?
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Giro D'Italia: Mark Cavendish's painful day threatens points prize
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... is all but impossible to win, despite currently having a four-point lead on Australia's Cadel Evans, the 2011 Tour de France winner who is expected to pick up points on the three Dolomite stages which start today with a 20-kilometre uphill time ... Comment?
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Visconti claims stage victory
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... won the Tour of Spain in 2010, was a runner-up on the Giro in 2011 and also finished third at last year's Tour de France. Despite having the chance to take a step closer to his first 'maglia rosa' (pink jersey) on Thursday's 18th stage, an uphill ... Comment?
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Nibali hoping to gain time on Evans in the Giro d'Italia time trial
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... 2011 stage to Nevegal after stage winner Alberto Contador was disqualified following his positive test at the Tour de France. Nibali leads Cadel Evans (BMC) by 1:26, with Rigoberto Uran (Team Sky) third at 2:46 and Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) ... Comment?
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Dekker says Giro d'Italia difficult for many reasons
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... disappeared." Dekker will next ride the Criterium du Dauphine, but is not sure of the rest of the season. The Tour de France would be a "difficult task." He is now going over the season planning with the team and knows that "results must now come." ... Comment?
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Evans still has chance of winning Giro: Kelly
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... in the major one-day races, but he is also winner of the 1988 Vuelta a Espana and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. Kelly lauded Nibali (Astana), 28, and his team. He said Astana have ridden ''a very good race'' tactically, and that Evans' ... Comment?
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Australian Evans says Giro dream still alive
MILAN: Australian Cadel Evans said he has not thrown in the towel ahead of his bid to overthrow Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali and win this year's Giro d'Italia. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1:26 behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain stages including an uphill time ... (more) Comment?
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Giro leader braces for Evans' mountain attack
Vincenzo Nibali is bracing himself for an all-out attack on his lead from Australian Cadel Evans in the last two stages of the Giro d'Italia in the mountains later this week. Comment?
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Nibali happy to send Kangert up the road at Ivrea
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... break or take the mountains points, like Stefano Pirazzi, so it was hard from the start. Whether it's the Tour de France or the Giro, every day is hard, like you saw today. "We actually wanted to let the early break stay away but it was a big group ... Comment?
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Giro d'Italia gallery: Evans and Nibali enjoy rest day
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... and at the front of the action since the race left Naples. The first and sole Australian winner of the Tour de France Cadel Evans remains one of Nibali's greatest threats in the overall classification and has already said he is not willing to accept ... Comment?
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Sky realistic but not resigned to Nibali's dominance
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... set tongues wagging since the Colombian's stage win at the Altopiano di Montasio. Urn's compatriot, the 1985 Tour de France white jersey winner Fabio Parra, has already called upon the 12 Colombians left in the race to join forces in a bid to ... Comment?
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Evans not giving up on Giro dream
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Australian Cadel Evans said he has not thrown in the towel ahead of his bid to overthrow Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali and win this year's Giro d'Italia. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1min 26sec sec behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain stages including an uphill time ... (more) Comment?
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Professionals Need the Same Standards as Amateurs
... recurring theme of cheating in sports. Consider the doping case involving professional cyclist and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. An inspiration for so many because of his cycling success and his fight against cancer, Armstrong ... Comment?
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Pistorius mothballs his blades
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... at the Masters and had hoped the youngster might play at Muirfield Village May 30-June 2. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1min 26sec sec behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain ... Comment?
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Evans 'greedy' for Giro win
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... has drawn on his experience that includes 14 grand tour starts with this Giro - his best results being one Tour de France win (2011) and two seconds (2007, 2008), a third and fourth in the Vuelta a Espana (2007, 2009) and fifth in the Giro (2010). ... Comment?
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Menchov announces retirement
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... professional in 1999 with Banesto and won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2001. In 2003, he finished 11th in the Tour de France and picked up the white jersey. Two years later, the Russian picked up the first of his two Vuelta a Espana titles, the second of ... Comment?
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