Tour De France
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2021 Tour de France preponed to avoid clash with Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 29, 2020, 03:53 PM ISTThe UCI, cycling's global governing body, made the announcement while revealing its revamped 2021 calendar.
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Tour de France rescheduled for 29 August start due to coronavirus pandemic
Other Sports | Apr 15, 2020, 09:51 PM ISTThe decision followed French president Emmanuel Macron's Monday announcement of the extension of a strict lockdown in France until at least May 11.
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Tour de France called off due to COVID-19 pandemic, first time since World War II
Other Sports | Apr 14, 2020, 10:52 PM ISTIt may still happen this year, but it’s clear the three-week race won’t be starting on June 27 in the Riviera city of Nice as scheduled.
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Chris Froome seeks record-equaling 5th Tour de France title
Other Sports | Jul 03, 2018, 06:40 PM ISTA fifth win at this year's edition would see Froome join the ranks of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.
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UCI head tells Armstrong to drop 'disrespectful' Tour plan
Other Sports | Mar 18, 2015, 07:27 AM ISTLondon: The head of world cycling urged Lance Armstrong on Tuesday to abandon "disrespectful" plans to ride part of the Tour de France route a day before the professional peloton. The disgraced cyclist responded by
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Italy's Vincenzo Nibali wins Tour de France
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2014, 09:51 AM ISTParis: Vincenzo Nibali put his lungs and legs to work one last time, marching up to the winner's podium of the Tour de France and sighing deeply before the Italian anthem echoed over the Champs-Elysees.
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Tour De France: Tour winner finished? Far Froome it
Other Sports | Jul 22, 2013, 08:21 AM ISTParis, 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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Britain's Christopher Froome effectively wins Tour de France
Other Sports | Jul 21, 2013, 04:35 PM ISTAnnecy-Semnoz, France, July 21: Christopher Froome has two hands firmly on the Tour de France trophy. All that remains is for the British rider to raise it above his head before cheering crowds in Paris
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Tour de France: Rui Costa wins 16th stage
Other Sports | Jul 17, 2013, 11:33 AM ISTGap (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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Froome defends yellow jersey on stage 15 of Tour de France
Other Sports | Jul 14, 2013, 04:25 PM ISTGivors, July 14: Riders set off on the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, the longest of the race and finishing with an epic climb up Mont Ventoux.Tour leader Chris Froome defends
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5 things to know about Tour de France
Other Sports | Jul 06, 2013, 11:54 AM ISTAlbi, 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 | Jul 02, 2013, 11:25 PM ISTNice, 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 | Jul 02, 2013, 09:12 PM ISTNice (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 | Jul 01, 2013, 05:05 PM ISTAjaccio (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 | Jun 29, 2013, 08:15 PM ISTPorto 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 | Jun 27, 2013, 07:25 PM ISTPorto 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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World cycling champ Lance Armstrong to be stripped of 7 Tour de France titles
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2012, 03:53 PM ISTAustin (Texas), Aug 24: Never one to back away from a fight, Lance Armstrong is finally giving in and the cost of quitting is steep: His seven Tour de France titles could be gone as
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Wiggins first British cyclist to win Tour de France
World | Jul 23, 2012, 04:41 PM ISTParis, Jul 23: Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.The 32-year-old from gritty northwest London became Britain's
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Wiggins first British cyclist to win Tour de France
Other Sports | Jul 23, 2012, 04:40 PM ISTParis, Jul 23: Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.The 32-year-old from gritty northwest London became Britain's
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British fans celebrate cyclist Wiggins Tour de France win
Other Sports | Jul 23, 2012, 04:37 PM ISTParis, Jul 23: Fans celebrated in Paris on Sunday after Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France.Prime Minister David Cameron also congratulated the 32-year-old from London,