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The dream slips away

July 26, 2014 | Périgueux Alejandro Valverde struggles into decisive Tour de France TT in Périgueux, stays in 4th overall before Sunday’s parade through Paris’s Champs-Élysees. After three long weeks of commitment and fighting spirit, Alejandro Valverde fell just one step short to fulfilling his aspirations of a podium finish […]

All down to ‘race of truth’

July 25, 2014 | Bergerac Rainy, chaotic day 19 in the Tour -including crash with no major consequences for Intxausti- leads Alejandro Valverde into Saturday TT, where his final result in the 2014 Grande Boucle will be decided One of the most dreadful Tours in recent years when it comes […]

Struggling until the very end

July 24, 2014 | Hautacam Valverde, Movistar Team show courage down the Tourmalet, concede provisional podium place on Hautacam slopes; Pinot, Péraud and Spaniard within 15″ into Saturday’s decisive TT The aim of reaching a podium place at the end of the 2014 Tour de France which Alejandro Valverde and […]

Majka secures mountain jersey

Hautacam, 24th of July – 2014 It was the last chance for the climbers to make a difference in this year’s Tour de France when the peloton took on the 145 kilometer long 18th stage from Pau to the grueling uphill finish in Hautacam. Along the way, the pack was […]

Valverde sticks to podium in Pyrenees

July 23, 2014 | Saint-Lary / Pla d’Adet Movistar Team leader gets through suffering in Saint-Lary after sensational work from telephone squad, keeps Tour’s 2nd place overall; second spot for Giovanni Visconti after great breakaway Constance by Alejandro Valverde and excellent management and performance by the whole Movistar Team made […]

Rafal Majka takes second stage win

Saint-Lary, 23rd of July – 2014 Today’s 124 kilometer rather short 17th stage of Tour de France was packed with climbs. No less than four category 1 climbs and an uphill finish to the HC climb to Saint-Lary Pla d’Adet offered several opportunities to attack and to gain points for […]