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THE machine that is Team Sky with Geraint Thomas in charge won the Tour de France for the sixth time in eight years and after taking victory did something it had not done previously.
GERAINT Thomas, the Welshman who is the ‘life of the party’, has transformed from an Olympic track gold medallist to an elite Grand Tour rider with victory in the Tour de France.
NOT since Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France in 2011 has cycling been so universally pleased to see a rider claim the yellow jersey as it has for Geraint Thomas this past week.
ANDRE Greipel took his third stage victory of this Tour de France by winning a bunch sprint at the end of Stage 15 on Sunday.
WHEN a spectator yelling “doper!” hurled a liquid at Tour de France leader Chris Froome, it couldn’t have been more unwelcome. “No mistake, it was urine,” he said.
CHRIS Froome has more to contend with than doping allegations, with the current Tour de France leader also facing accusations of using a motor hidden in his bike.
FOR the first time since he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong rode a stage of the famous race for charity.
RAFAL Majka led a solo breakaway to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France under a scorching sun on Wednesday as Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey.
CADEL Evans says Chris Froome appears untouchable at the Tour de France but it is unfortunate that his dominant performance was met with public scepticism.
LANCE Armstrong has provoked some quick reaction on Twitter after raising a hypothetical question about cheating.
CHRIS Froome was told that his panting Tour de France rivals were struggling in the thinning air of the high Pyrenees, what he did next was brutal.
CAITLIN Ward is the youngest of 10 riders in Cycling Australia’s sprint high performance program based in Adelaide but it doesn’t take long to realise she means business.
TEAM Sky is concerned his team has been the victim of computer hacking by critics attempting to expose the Tour de France leader.
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