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Vuelta a España 2013: The Contenders

August 22, 2013

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    Vincenzo Nibali  2013 has been an exceptional year for the Sicilian. Having followed up impressive wins at Tirreno-Adriatico and the Giro del Trentino with a dominant display in the Giro, anything Nibali can achieve in the latter part of the year surely comes as a bonus. He has been slowly winding up his […]

The Early Skirmishes

August 27, 2012

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The Vuelta a España has arrived at its first rest day on the back of an explosion of drama. The race has been running for little over a week – remarkably, it seems so much more than that – and, including the team time trial, we have already seen six stages that have shaken up […]

A Question of Etiquette

August 22, 2012

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Yesterday threw into the spotlight the most controversial of grey areas that exists in the sport. When does a rider, or a team, or a peloton wait for a rival? And when is fair play no longer the priority? I don’t want to overplay an issue that has now passed, but I think that there […]