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Chris Froome, Features, Juan Jose Cobo, News, Racing, UCI biological passport - June 14, 2019

Vuelta winner Cobo guilty of passport violation, Froome could take title

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Juan Jose Cobo, winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana, has been found guilty of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation by the UCI’s Anti-Doping Tribunal. The case is based on abnormalities in his Biological Passport between 2009 and 2011. Cobo was the surprise winner of the 2011 Vuelta, finishing ahead of Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins …

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The weekly spin: Kate Courtney and the joy of wearing rainbow stripes

Joyful. That’s the word Kate Courtney chooses to describe her experience thus far wearing the rainbow jersey of world champion. It helps, of course, that she’s been winning while wearing the rainbow jersey. Winning a world title, as Courtney did in Switzerland in September, can be a career-defining accomplishment. Winning in the rainbow jersey, as Courtney …

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Chris Froome, Features, News, Racing - June 12, 2019

Chris Froome out of the Dauphine after crashing during course recon

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Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is out of the Criterium du Dauphine after crashing hard during course recon ahead of the race’s stage four time trial. Team Ineos confirmed that he has been taken to hospital and has pulled out of the race. “Team INEOS can confirm that Chris Froome crashed during a …

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Simon Yates Q&A: On the Giro, Yorkshire Worlds and infamous UK climbs

Late last week CyclingTips reporter Dave Everett caught up with Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) at Scott HQ in Switzerland. In a wide-ranging conversation the pair talked about Yates’ eighth-place finish in the recent Giro d’Italia, what life is like as a pro racer, his journey through the sport, and even about an infamous climb in the …

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Esteban Chaves: Sometimes when following the dream, we forget that we are in the dream

Esteban Chaves is one of the most adored riders of the pro peloton – his eternally positive demeanour, his smile that lights up the peloton, and his irrepressible determination are infectious to say the least. The 29-year-old Colombian showed enormous potential early in his career, winning the Tour de l’Avenir in 2011, only to be …

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