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 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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German rider Andre Greipel clinched the fifth stage of the Tour de France, this time in a straight match against his arch rival and former teammate, Mark Cavendish. It was an exciting finish to a mostly flat stage where the biggest news of the day went on behind the scenes. That news concerned allegations...
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With injuries he sustained to his hand yesterday, there was some question at the beginning of stage 5 whether Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish would be up to a full scale sprint. Well, at least he answered part of that question, with his sprint win at the intermediate point in Breteuil where he won handily...
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Yesterday’s mostly flat stage ended with a crash 2.6 km from the finish, which took down Robbie Hunter and Mark Cavendish, among others. So when Andre Greipel won the sprint finish into Rouen, he was dissappointed to learn it wasn’t mano a mano with the “fastest man on earth,” Mark Cavendish. Cavendish meanwhile suffered...
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By Jen Benepe, July 3, 2012 Cavendish Scolds “Kamikaze Kenny” Wearing the Sky Team’s Yellow helmet, Mark Cavendish handily won the intermediate sprint at Senlecques, but not after being boxed out of the run up to the line by Kenny Van Hummel and Peter Sagan. Not a problem for the fastest man on earth:...
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