Tag Archives: Indurain

Froome, Cobo, Time Bonuses and the Tour de France

January 2, 2012

In the 2011 edition of the Vuelta a Espana, Juan Jose Cobo won by a margin of just 13 seconds over runner up Chris Froome. It’s unlikely that you’ll find a report of this race anywhere which doesn’t state that … Continue reading →

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A hat-trick of domestique success

July 15, 2011

In the early years of the Tour de France at the beginning of the 20th century, riders were forbidden from receiving help of any kind. The most famous and extreme example of this came in 1913 when Eugène Christophe was … Continue reading →

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Team-mates in the Tour

July 13, 2011

A fact I’ve become rather obsessed and impressed with over the last while is that Liquigas are on a run of seven straight Grand Tours in which all of their riders have finished the race. And currently they are one … Continue reading →

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Nerdy facts from this year’s Giro d’Italia

May 30, 2011

Vincenzo Nibali could have been forgiven for conceding defeat in the Giro d’Italia with a week left to race. It was quite clear after the first real mountain stage up Mount Etna that Contador was in a league of his … Continue reading →

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San Sebastián Stat Attack

August 1, 2010

In the Clásica de San Sebastián last Saturday, Luis León Sánchez won a three man sprint to take top spot ahead of Alexander Vinokourov and Carlos Sastre. Sánchez’s victory means Spanish riders have now claimed six of the last seven … Continue reading →

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