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Tweets: Bisons, bubblegum and Tour fever

Strangely, the Twitterstream isn’t as fertile as it usually is. Maybe it’s because there’s no Sky-fighting or Lance is taking a break from his ‘schmoozing the sceptical’ campaign, but there hasn’t been anything too contentious from the past week. Being the consummate professional that I am, though, I have still tracked down a few goodies for you. We have some tweets from the Dauphine and Tour de Suisse, food worthy of a pro peloton, and the start of the ramp-up of excitement to this year’s Tour de France. Let’s begin … Continue reading

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Podcast #12: The man who would be king

On this edition of the podcast we dissect the Dauphine, in which Froome-dog established himself as top dog ahead of the Tour.

And for once we actually get serious as we discuss the future for Bradley Wiggins, Brian Cookson and Vini Fantini. (Don’t worry, normal service will be resumed next time!)

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Four victories from five stage races. Will it be six next month? (image: Sky)

Criterium du Dauphine review: Froome becomes firm favourite

Chris Froome‘s commanding victory at the Criterium du Dauphine confirmed his status as the favourite for next month’s Tour de France. It was Sky’s third win in successive years and their second one-two as Richie Porte took the runner-up spot. They also won the best team award. After a final stage shake-up on general classification, Daniel Moreno rounded out the podium.

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