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Geraint Thomas moves to 2nd in Tour de France

July 6, 2010

Geraint Thomas claimed the white jersey at the Tour de France after finishing the brutal third stage in second place behind Thor Hushovd. The British national champion had formed part of a late six-man break and was only narrowly pipped to victory in the sprint finish by his Norwegian rival. Fabian Cancellara was also in that elite […]

Alistair Brownlee crowned European Champion

July 6, 2010

Alistair proved without a doubt that he is back and as strong as ever with a dominant win the Athlone ETU European Championship. The 22-year-old took the European title ahead of defending champion Javier Gomez of Spain, who finished second, 40 seconds back. It’s the second major win in a row for Alistair, who returned from […]

Geraint Thomas - Tour de France

July 6, 2010

Geraint Thomas produced a superb ride to finish 5th in the Tour de France prologue and is in 6th spot in the overall classification after Stage 2, just 3min 20sec behind yesterday’s runaway winner Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel. The first two stages of the biggest bike race in the world have been marred by a number of […]

Shelly Woods becomes a World Record holder

June 25, 2010

Paralympic wheelchair athlete Shelly Woods broke the 1500m World Record at the Swiss Nationals in Arborn, Switzerland by a massive 3 seconds, a record previous held by Canadian Chantal Peticlerc.  An ecstatic Shelly said: “I am really excited and happy - I have always wanted a world record.” Photographer: Mark Shearman

Geraint Thomas picked for Tour de France

June 25, 2010

Geraint has been included in the 9 man squad for Team Sky’s debut Tour de France which starts on 3rd July.  Geraint was the youngest rider in the 2007 Tour de France as Team Barloworld picked up one of the three wildcard spots allocated for the race and was the first Welsh rider to compete […]