Froome hopes washed away in Florence storm September 29, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome admitted he had no excuse after his bid to become only the sixth man to follow Tour de France glory with victory in cycling’s Road World Championships failed yesterday in Italy. Froome quit the men’s elite race around 80km from the end of the 272.5km course as torrential rain caused multiple crashes [...]
Cavendish toasts team-mates after points prize chance opens September 18, 2013 FORMER Commonwealth champion Mark Cavendish credited his Omega Pharma Quick-Step team-mates for helping him win the Tour of Britain’s fourth stage yesterday. Cavendish spearheaded an 11-man breakaway group which formed following the start in Stoke-on-Trent, but merged with the peloton once again within 800m of the finish line in Llanoris. But the 28-year-old broke free [...]
What the other papers say this Morning October 29, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES New Look moves to reassure suppliers New Look, the value fashion chain, has moved to reassure suppliers over its financial position, after a report last week in an industry blog that it was poised to enter administration and carry out a company voluntary arrangement. Linde seeks deeper cost cuts Linde, the world’s second [...]
Forget G4S: The UK is hosting the safest Games ever August 2, 2012 WITH Great Britain basking in the golden hue of success in the Velodrome and beyond, you might be forgiven for forgetting that just a few weeks ago the Olympics was mired in serious safety concerns. But we have been able to rest easy, safe in the knowledge that the British armed forces have risen to [...]
Armitstead thanks the rain after silver medal heroics July 29, 2012 OLYMPIC hero Lizzie Armitstead paid tribute to the miserable British weather last night after winning Team GB’s first medal of the Games in the rain-hit women’s cycling road race. Huge crowds braved the elements in west London and Surrey to cheer on the British racers, encouraging Armitstead to a silver medal finish after she narrowly [...]
Wiggins holds back with Tour sabotaged by nails on the road July 15, 2012 BRITISH hopeful Bradley Wiggins led a magnanimous stance among cyclists at the Tour de France yesterday, slowing down the leading pack after the race was sabotaged by nails spread on the track. Wiggins’s close rival Cadel Evans was one of around 30 riders to suffer punctures, becoming stranded near the summit of the Mur de [...]
History maker Cavendish sets his sights on London after claiming world glory September 25, 2011 SPRINT king Mark Cavendish became Britain’s first world road race champion for 46 years as his team executed a plan that had been three years in the making to prefection in Denmark. The 26-year-old (right) produced a trademark burst to cross the line, ahead of Australia’s Matt Goss and German Andre Greipel, after Team GB’s [...]
Boassen Haggen claims stage victory as Cavendish closes in on green jersey July 20, 2011 FRANCE’S Thomas Voeckler maintained his ownership of the yellow jersey at the Tour de France but conceded 27 seconds to his closest rivals as Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed the 17th stage for Team Sky. The latest standings see Voeckler’s general classification lead over Cadel Evans cut to one minute and 18 seconds, with Frank Schleck [...]
Cavendish joy as win No19 tightens green jersey grip July 17, 2011 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish tightened his grip on the top sprinter’s green jersey by winning his fourth stage of this year’s Tour de France. The HTC-Highroad rider pounced in the final 200m of the 193km route from Limoux to Montpellier to claim the 19th stage victory of his career. Cavendish, 26, is now equal sixth in [...]
Car crash overshadows Sanchez’s stage victory July 10, 2011 TEAM Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha and Vacansoleil’s Johnny Hoogerland were fortunate not to suffer serious injury when they were wiped out by a television vehicle as an incident-packed Tour de France suffered further casualties on stage nine in the Massif Central. Rabobank’s Luis Leon Sanchez won the 208-kilometre ninth stage from Issoire to Saint-Flour, with [...]