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...UCI president David Lappartient told French media in July that Team Sky was “boring”, while Froome was punched during this year’s Tour by a spectator, spat at, and had unidentified liquids poured over him...
...And it’s a bit boring,” David Lappartient, president of the UCI, the world governing body for sports cycling, told French media....
...On the crest of the first hill, I stopped to catch my breath in front of the King David Hotel....
...Four of the past five Tours de France have been won by Briton Chris Froome or his teammate Sir Bradley Wiggins....
...On some rougher water and after the agony of team mate David Florence’s last-placed finish on Tuesday, British kayaker Clarke lit up a gloomy Whitewater Stadium with the race of his life....
...The Pinarello Dogma F8, Chris Froome’s favoured machine, glistened in the morning light, its chain cleaned to surgical standards....
...I think the saddest irony is [British Team Sky rider] Chris Froome [was in] second place . . . It’s just a sad situation because it never should have really happened....
...This was Mr Osborne as deputy prime minister, David Cameron’s first secretary of state, presiding over an expanding economy and enjoying an enhanced role on the world stage as a European negotiator....
...“He will beat Froome.” Riding through a country with a strong cycling culture has many benefits....
...The scope of Mr Osborne’s visit extends well beyond what one would normally expect of a finance minister: he will appear on French television and also congratulated Chris Froome, British winner of the Tour...
...“When you are a cute little conference you are David in the ‘David and Goliath’ story. Then tens of thousands of people start turning up....
...Futebol Nation: A Footballing History of Brazil, by David Goldblatt, Penguin, RRP£9.99/ Nation Books, RRP$16.99 Brazil-lit has been the defining theme of the sports year so far....
...Seven years on – with UK riders seeking a third consecutive victory in the world’s most gruelling cycling race after wins by Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and Chris Froome last year – it has surged to 93,000...
...In a fortnight’s time the first three stages of the Tour de France take place in England: Chris Froome is favourite to make it three British wins in a row....
...His performance prompted a flood of speculation – furiously denied by Froome and David Brailsford, the Sky team director – that he was yet another example of tour cyclists who were doped....
...However, the nation just missed a sporting treble that would have been so astounding that David Cameron might have been tempted to claim the credit and call a snap election....
...With 2013 champ Chris Froome hot favourite to win again next month, his recent autobiography The Climb is hard to beat for a top pro’s perspective....
...He is important also as an outsider in David Cameron’s Eton and Notting Hill-dominated inner circle....
...Chris Froome starts this year’s race, which begins today in Corsica, as the strong favourite. How was it done?...
...The British charge was further underlined on Friday when David Millar of the Garmin team won the day’s stage, adding to the three stages won by Sky riders – the score is now 4-3 to Britain in stage wins...
...With Bradley Wiggins tightening his grip on the yellow jersey on Thursday and an exciting challenge from fellow Briton and team mate Chris Froome, the Tour has made for exciting viewing....
...He beat the German Tony Martin by 42 seconds, while Chris Froome, the Briton who was second in the Tour, came in third to win the bronze....
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