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Feeling like he was “dying a thousand deaths,” Chris Froome started to think that a second Tour de France victory might be melting away like the patches of snow on surrounding Alpine peaks.

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The 2014 Vuelta a España consist of  21 stages, yet, on the eve of stage 20, it was still touch and go at least to the overall leadership, going into the final stage, a 9.7km individual time trial.

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As far as I’m concerned, there are only three- Defending champion Chris Froome (Sky), former champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).

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Tour de France defending champion Chris Froome is feeling the pressure ahead of Saturday's start to the 2014 race.

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The greatest tragedy of professional cycling after Lance Armstrong is Bradley Wiggins.

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When Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins won their Tour de France back in 2011 and 2012, respectively, nobody came out and said that their reigns would Indurain-esque or Armstrong-esque in terms of longevity.

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In a world of should’ve and would’ve, Luis Ocaña should’ve won the 1971 Tour, and Eddy Merckx shouldn’t have won his third Tour. Ocaña had been magnificent in the mountains and was leading Merckx by 7min going into the 14th stage.

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Alejandro Valverde's team Movistar showed that they could hurt Chris Froome.

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Chris Froome doesn't look pretty when he's on his bike.

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Feeling like he was “dying a thousand deaths,” Chris Froome started to think that a second Tour de France victory might be melting away like the patches of snow on surrounding Alpine peaks.

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It was an amazing tale of two riders, one that started out so fast and lost a bit of mojo near the end, and the other rider who started slow, made a few mistakes but got stronger in the end.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-26 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420521 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369296 [Title] => Questions answered [Summary] =>

The 2014 Vuelta a España consist of  21 stages, yet, on the eve of stage 20, it was still touch and go at least to the overall leadership, going into the final stage, a 9.7km individual time trial.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343445 [Title] => Riders to watch in TdF Yellow jersey [Summary] =>

As far as I’m concerned, there are only three- Defending champion Chris Froome (Sky), former champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).

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Tour de France defending champion Chris Froome is feeling the pressure ahead of Saturday's start to the 2014 race.

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The greatest tragedy of professional cycling after Lance Armstrong is Bradley Wiggins.

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When Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins won their Tour de France back in 2011 and 2012, respectively, nobody came out and said that their reigns would Indurain-esque or Armstrong-esque in terms of longevity.

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In a world of should’ve and would’ve, Luis Ocaña should’ve won the 1971 Tour, and Eddy Merckx shouldn’t have won his third Tour. Ocaña had been magnificent in the mountains and was leading Merckx by 7min going into the 14th stage.

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Alejandro Valverde's team Movistar showed that they could hurt Chris Froome.

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Chris Froome doesn't look pretty when he's on his bike.

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