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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 […]

Giro d’Italia 2013: The Contenders

May 3, 2013

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  Bradley Wiggins The grand ambition of Wiggins to become the first man to achieve the Giro-Tour double since Marco Pantani in 1998 is rather reliant on whether some manner of disaster hits his flying teammate, Chris Froome. All this talk of Tour de France leadership is an unhealthy distraction for Wiggins, for it is […]

Vuelta a España 2012: the contenders

August 18, 2012

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  The third Grand Tour of the season is already upon us and it’s time to look at who’s in the frame to fare well in the overall battle. The route is crammed with climbing, is extremely light on time trialling, and the elite sprinters are staying well away from Spain over the next three […]