aderfp633
Inscrit le: 27 Sep 2011
Messages: 7915
Localisation: England
|
 Posté le: Jeu Aoû 15, 2013 2:39 am Sujet du message: exceptionally |
 |
|
Chris Froome wins Tour de France, gives Great Britain back-to-back winners at cycling’s biggest race
Saturday,motorcycle levers, July 27, 2013 NYDailyNews.com / More Sports Follow @nydailynews More Sports Chris Froome wins Tour de France, gives Great Britain back-to-back winners at cycling’s biggest race in two years, Britain has had two different winners #file_links[D:\keywords13.txt,1,S] : Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and now Froome. Froome dominated rivals over three weeks on the road of the 100th Tour de France and adroitly dealt with doping suspicions off it. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: Sunday, July 21,adjustable levers motorcycle, 2013, 4:34 PM Updated: Sunday,SportBike Levers, July 21, 2013, 5:23 PM Print Print Comment PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images Christopher Froome is the toast of Great Britain with his Tour de France win. Related Stories Chris Froome maintains big Tour de France lead and should be second Brit to win cycling's top event Bradley Wiggins unable to defend his Tour de France title due to injury PARIS — Chris Froome won the 100th Tour de France on Sunday, having dominated rivals over three weeks on the road and adroitly dealt with doping suspicions off it. In two years, Britain has now had two different winners: Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and then Froome, a cooler, calmer, more understated but no less deter #file_links[D:\keywords11.txt,1,S] mined character than his Sky teammate with famous sideburns. Froome rode into Paris in style — in the canary yellow race leader’s jersey he took on Stage 8 in the Pyrenees and never relinquished,adjustable levers, vigorously fending off rivals whose concerted challenges turned this Tour into a thriller. Froome and his Sky teammates linked arms as they rode for the line. The 100th edition was visually stunning, too, starting with a first-ever swing through Corsica, France’s so-called “island of beauty,” before veering through the Pyrenees to Brittany and then across France to the race’s crescendo in the Alps — 3,404 grueling kilometers (2,115 miles) in total. Uniquely, the 100th Tour treated itself to a late-afternoon start for its final Stage 21 so the riders raced a few hours later on the cobbles of the Champs-Elysees as the sun cast golden hues over the pelo #file_links[D:\keywords14.txt,1,S] ton and the shadows lengthened over the dense, cheering crowds. French Air Force jets in formation trailed red, white and blue smoke in the skies about the leafy avenue as the peloton powered up it for the first time and, exceptionally, circled like a necklace around the Arc de Triomphe in their brightly colored team jerseys. After setting off from the magnificent Versailles Palace,adjustable Lever, the former residence of three kings and their seat of power until the French revolution of 1789, the riders were granted the privilege of meandering through the chateau’s manicured gardens, past lakes like mirrors, spurting fountains and statues looking on stonily. As per tradition and because Froome’s big race lead made him untouchable,adjustable clutch lever, Sunday’s 133-kilometer (82-mile) final ride was a largely leisurely affair until the pace picked up sharply on the Champs-Elysees. Marcel Kittel won the final sprint on that famous avenue,adjustable motorcycle levers, the German’s sprinter’s fourth stage win of this Tour.Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Christopher Froome of Great Britain passes in front of the Arc d'Triomphe on his way to winning the 100th Tour de France. Rider #file_links[D:\keywords15.txt,1,S] s pedaled up to Froome to offer congratulations; he sipped from a flute of champagne as he rode; a Tour organizer stuck an arm from his car window to shake Froome’s ha #file_links[D:\keywords12.txt,1,S] nd. Peter Sagan colored his beard green to celebrate the green jersey he won for picking up the most points in sprints over the three weeks. 1 2 Next Page Post a Comment |
|
