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  Tour De France: Tour winner finished? Far Froome it

  Other Sports | July 22, 2013 8:21 IST

  Paris, Jul 22: One down for Tour de France winner Chris Froome, how many more to go?Having crushed the opposition at the 100th Tour, the British rider is looking ahead. And the French may need

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  Tour de France: Rui Costa wins 16th stage

  Other Sports | July 17, 2013 11:33 IST

  Gap (France), July 17: Portuguese cyclist Rui Costa took his second stage win, after his victory in the 16th stage of the Tour de France by going through several medium-difficulty climbs.Race leader Chris Froome and

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  5 things to know about Tour de France

  Other Sports | July 06, 2013 11:54 IST

  Albi, Jul 6:  Five things to know as the Tour de France enters its eighth stage on Saturday:   1. SLOGGING SPRINTERS -- The sprinting stars faded in Friday's Stage 7. While they've each won a

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  Simon Gerrans in yellow as Orica Greenedge win TTT

  Other Sports | July 02, 2013 23:25 IST

  Nice, Jul 2: Simon Gerrans only started cycling because someone who once wore a Tour de France yellow jersey lent him a bike to help him recover from injury. Now the proud Australian veteran is

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  Orica Greenedge wins team time trial on stage 4

  Other Sports | July 02, 2013 21:12 IST

  Nice (France), Jul 2: Orica Greenedge won the team time trial Tuesday on the fourth stage of the Tour de France to put veteran Australian rider Simon Gerrans in the race leader's yellow jersey.Considered an

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  Belgian rider Jan Bakelants defends yellow jersey

  Other Sports | July 01, 2013 17:05 IST

  Ajaccio (France), July 1: Belgian rider Jan Bakelants defends the yellow jersey for the first time as Monday's hilly third stage of the Tour de France begins.The 27-year-old former bioscience engineering student withstood a late

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  Tour de France: Riders start on Corsica

  Other Sports | June 29, 2013 20:15 IST

  Porto Vecchio, Jun 29: Riders set out Saturday on stage one of the 100th Tour de France with British sprinter Mark Cavendish among the favorites to take the first yellow jersey and race favorite Chris

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  Contador motivated for Tour clash against Froome

  Other Sports | June 27, 2013 19:25 IST

  Porto Vecchio, Jun 27: Two-time champion Alberto Contador predicts an action-packed Tour de France in his comeback year, insisting he's motivated to defeat Chris Froome even while playing down talk of a two-man race.The Spaniard

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  Ex-doping offender Millar selected for Britain

  Other Sports | July 04, 2012 15:58 IST

  London, Jul 4:  David Millar was selected for the British Olympic cycling team on Wednesday, joining sprinter Dwain Chambers and shot putter Carl Myerscough as former doping offenders who had life Olympic bans overturned to

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  London welcomes world again for Olympics

  Other Sports | June 29, 2012 18:38 IST

  London, Jun 29:  Sammy Lee remembers it vividly: food rationing, bombed-out buildings, rubble.The year was 1948, and London was hosting the Olympics amid severe austerity in the aftermath of World War II. Lee, an American

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  Cycling: Andre Greipel Wins 10th Stage Of Tour de France

  Other Sports | July 13, 2011 16:19 IST

  Carmaux, France, Jul 13: German sprinter Andre Greipel won Tuesday's 10th stage of the Tour de France, beating former teammate Mark Cavendish by a wheel's length in a dash to the line for his first

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  CWG: 35 Gold Medals At Stake Today

  India | October 07, 2010 9:10 IST

  There are 35 gold medals at stake inthe Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The breakup: Aquatics—5, Archery—2 , Athletics—7, Cycling—4, Gymnastics—5, Shooting—4, Synchronised swimming—2, Weightlifting – 2 , Wrestling – 4 Medal hopes for India today