Alex Thomson
As a democratic spectacle, nothing comes close to the Tour
Going to the Tour de France as a spectator is all about everything Big Sport left behind when it decided to become Big Business.
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Geraint Thomas returns to Wales after Tour victory
When Geraint Thomas was crowned winner of the Tour de France two weeks ago after a gruelling, twenty-one stages across more than two thousand miles, he was the first Welshman to win it.
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Geraint Thomas on winning Tour de France and Team Sky’s future
He rode the Tour de France for the first time at just 21, narrowly missing last place. Just over a decade later, Geraint Thomas has become the first Welshman, and just the third Briton after his Team Sky teammates Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome to win the prestigious cycling competition. The Tour is the…
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Alex Thomson
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Keme Nzerem
Why Wiggo pulling out of the Giro isn’t all bad news
Sir Bradley Wiggins’s withdrawal from the Giro d’Italia promises even greater drama when the Tour de France begins in July.
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Keme Nzerem
Giro d’Italia: a new challenge for Sir Bradley Wiggins
As the Giro d’Italia begins, Sir Bradley Wiggins hopes to repeat his success in the Tour de France and London Olympics. But the Giro is a very different beast.
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Keme Nzerem
Awkward moments at the Tour de France
As the route of the 100th Tour de France is announced, cycling is overshadowed by doping revelations about Lance Armstrong … and others.
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Keme Nzerem
What is it about the Tour de France that so beguiles?
A win today will be the best conceivable tonic for the next few weeks of British sport. Make no mistake. A British cyclist, riding for a British team, winning the Tour de France, is simply massive.
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Keme Nzerem
Bolt, Pistorius and other Olympic stars to watch
A week to go, and if you can look past the (barring catastrophe) triumph of Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de France, the biggest item on the summer sports agenda is the blue riband event of the Olympics.