Sport Comment: Cycling’s boom makes need for planning urgent July 6, 2014 THE BRITISH sporting landscape is changing fast. There will be a surge, albeit a limited one, in usage of public tennis courts for the next few days, sparked by events at SW19 over the past fortnight. A few more people are kicking a football around on summer evenings imagining they are on the Copacabana. Office [...]
Puncture fails to hamper Froome June 11, 2014 BRITISH cyclist Chris Froome overcame a puncture to tighten his grip on the Criterium du Dauphine yesterday and close in on a successful title defence. The Team Sky rider finished in the peloton on the fourth of eight stages but maintained his 12-second lead over main rival Alberto Contador in the general classification. Froome, who [...]
Barnes bags two jerseys to steal British limelight May 7, 2014 BRITAIN’S Hannah Barnes upstaged decorated compatriots Lizzie Armitstead and Dani King on stage one of the inaugural women’s Tour of Britain with a third place overall finish to grab the Best Young Rider’s and Best British Rider’s jerseys. Barnes, 21, sprinted over the line in her home county Northamptonshire behind winner Emma Johansson of Sweden [...]
Armstrong’s team manager feels more should face doping charges April 22, 2014 THE FORMER team manager of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, believes he has been made a “scapegoat” for a series of doping scandals that have rocked the sport after being handed a 10-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Bruyneel worked alongside Armstrong with the United States Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams for all [...]
Red cards proposed for cycling April 9, 2014 CYCLING: The introduction of yellow and red cards to improve safety in the peloton was yesterday proposed by Belgian Cycling Federation president Tom van Damme.
Froome well placed in Catalunya March 24, 2014 CYCLING: Tour de France champion Chris Froome finished safely among the peloton on stage one of the Volta a Catalunya yesterday. Slovenia’s Luka Mezgec holds a lead of four seconds, with Britain’s Froome 10 seconds off the pace. Sir Bradley Wiggins withdrew from the race to concentrate on next month’s Paris-Roubaix event.
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 [...]