August 24, 2012–By Jen Benepe Seven time Tour de France winner, and cancer survivor is giving up the fight. This time it’s not against 190 riders in a Tour de France, or 2,500 competitors in an Ironman competition, nor even the cancer that has ravaged his body. The fight Armstrong is giving up is against...
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By Jen Benepe, July 21, 2012 There  was never any question that Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, the two top placements entering the final time trial of the Tour would do well. But the two Sky Team leaders in the one and two positions obliterated the field in much the same flair as they...
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By Jen Benepe, July 19, 2012 Alejandro Valverde won his fourth stage of the Tour de France today, cresting the last climb through the Peyregude in the Pyrenees, just 19 seconds ahead of Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome. Valverde showed himself aggressive riding in the second to last climb over the Port de Bales,...
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By Jen Benepe, July 18, 2012 Defending Champion Evans Dropped, Slips to 7th Frank Schleck Abandons Coming back from a bad knee and a poor spring season, Thomas Voeckler showed his fighting spirit today as he led though the toughest climbs of the Pyrenees, and keeping his lead, won the stage into Bagneres de...
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Pierre Rolland, the Europcar rider who stunned the crowds in the 2011 Tour at l’Alpe D’Huez did it again, and took the stage at La Toussuire. It was an aggressive ride for the French rider who attacked up consecutive mountains, and even survived a spill on the descent from col de la Mollard to...
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After struggling through the first 9 stages of the 2012 Tour, Thomas Voeckler reminded the world that he is a fighter, winning the stage in a dramatic way that seems to happen only in the Tour de France. In a surprise last minute move, Voeckler won the stage pulling ahead of his rivals in...
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By Jen Benepe, July 7, 2012 Wiggins in Yellow Kenyan turned Brit Chris Froome of the Sky Team exploded at the finale of today’s first mountainous stage, stealing first place after completing the final ascent at of the Planche des Belles Filles. Fellow Sky Teammate Bradley Wiggins who was predicted to be one of...
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