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Tom writes about cycling for The Roar. When he's not writing he lives in London, works for a charity, and procrastinates writing a bestseller. Follow Tom on Twitter: Tomas_Fish
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Five months have passed since Rohan Dennis abandoned the Tour de France in mysterious circumstances, climbing off the bike seemingly without cause during stage…
Every four years, I watch the Olympics, and every four years, I watch sports such as diving, swimming, and gymnastics, and question my life…
If you’d asked me on the second rest day to wager ten of my hard-earned dollars on one of the riders in the top…
The general consensus among the Tour de France chattering classes was that if Julian Alaphilippe could do the improbable and be wearing yellow at…
In 1996, Stage 9 of the Tour de France was a small 46-kilometre ride from Le Monetier-les-Bains to Sestriere in Italy due to bad…
It’s almost a Tour de France tradition for the pre-race talk to not be centred around the upcoming edition, but instead, around the drama…
It was a great day to be Dutch, and a terrible day to be English if you were a cricket fan on the 31st…
One can't help but feel sorry for Chris Froome. By winning the Tour de France he alienated a section of cycling fans to such…
It says a lot about Astana's team unity and communication when at the very same press conference that Vincenzo Nibali stated his race program…
Have you ever found yourself asking the question, just what is Claudio Chiappucci doing these days? No, me neither. For those of you who…
Asking how many Grand Tours a particular cyclist has won is usually quite a simple question. Chris Froome has won two. Nairo Quintana one,…
Orica-GreenEDGE have confirmed their roster for 2016, and they're certainly ringing in the changes. Seven new riders have come into the team, and eight…
A question for you all. Can anyone reading this name the last five winners of the UCI World Tour? I'll be very impressed if…
Here's a statistic for you: excluding a certain American, no one has retained their Tour de France title since 1995, when Miguel Indurain won…
It would have to be said that the happiest man in the room at the Tour de France route unveiling in Paris was definitely…
I was originally only going to write this article if Tom Dumoulin did the unthinkable and won the 2015 Vuelta a Espana last weekend.…
The Dubai Tour has wrapped up, with Mark Cavendish beating out a range of contenders including John Degenkolb to take the crown. With some…
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Six months is a long time. You could run eight Tours de France in that time, if you tried hard enough. A hell of…
After Fabio Aru's stage win and Chris Froome's attacking ride to gain time, Stage 19 will definitely feel like some respite for Vuelta a…
It’s pretty damp out there in the peloton today! A far cry from the heatwave of the first week!
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
If the peloton get over the Alto Monte Faro in one piece it looks likely that there’ll be a sprint finish!
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
35 kilometres to go and the gap is one and a quarter minutes.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
44 kilometres to go and the gap is a minute and a half. Giant-Shimano are the team doing the chasing.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The peloton have the breakaway on a lead and are just toying with them. It seems like when the peloton decide to catch them they soon will.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The gap is steadily increasing, now at 2 minutes 10. There’s less pressure coming from the peloton.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
50 kilometres to go and the gap is two minutes. Still the Alto Monte Faro to go later.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Matthias Brandle wins in the Tour of Britain ahead of Alex Dowsett.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
The gap is up to nearly two minutes again with 55 kilometres to go. Giant-Shimano are chasing.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Pim Ligthart wins the sprint ahead of Poels and Mangel in Vigo.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Turns out Wout Poels and Pim Ligthart are brothers-in-law. Mangel must be feeling lonely out there in the break!
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
They have approximately sixty kilometres to go and have a minute and a half on the peloton.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
There are three men out in front of the race, Laurent Mangel, Pim Ligthart and Wout Poels.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Hello and welcome to The Roar’s coverage of Stage 19 of the 2014 Vuelta a Espana.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog
Thank you for joining me for The Roar’s coverage of stage six of the Vuelta a Espana. Keep joining us for all the coverage of the remaining stages of the Vuelta. I’ll be covering stage eleven next.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
New General Classification:
Alejandro Valverde – Movistar – ESP
Nairo Quintana – Movistar – COL (+15)
Alberto Contador – Tinkoff-Saxo – ESP (+19)
Chris Froome – Team Sky – GBR (+23)
Joaquim Rodriguez – Katusha – ESP (+45)
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
Chris Froome finished second, Alberto Contador got third, and Purito Rodriguez got fourth.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
Quintana was fifth on the stage, suffering in the final.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
Alejandro Valverde wins the sprint! A win for the green bullet!
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
Rodriguez and Valverde have a gap. Quintana Froome and Contador chasing.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
Rodriguez lights the touch paper. Valverde follows.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
One kilometre to go and Valverde and Quintana are still on the front.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 6 preview, live blog
40 seconds with 31 kilometres to go for the break.
2014 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 preview, live blog