Chris Froome has been the most affable of Tour de France champions, polite to a tee as he pedalled his way to glory on the Champs-Elysées at the weekend.
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Brian Cookson vows to hunt down cycling's drug pushers if he makes UCI President
Tuesday 23 July 2013
British candidate for UCI presidency calls for team staff to face strict rules over doping
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome hopes victory is the first of many
Monday 22 July 2013
The Brit wants to dominate the race in the years to come
Tour de France 2013: Alpe d’Huez – so good they’re climbing it twice
Thursday 18 July 2013
Tour breaks new ground today with double ascent of iconic mountain to mark 100th birthday
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome accuses Alberto Contador after rivals collide on rapid descent
Tuesday 16 July 2013
‘It’s one of those crazy things. He went a little bit too fast and couldn’t control his own speed’
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome furious over doping accusations - 'Lance Armstrong cheated. I’m not cheating. End of story'
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Epic win on Ventoux has raised the usual doubts, writes Alasdair Fotheringham
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome ‘took a right hook on Sunday but he did not flinch’
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Brailsford impressed with Tour leader but admits Sky may leave him exposed again
Call that an injury, mate? Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas is hanging in the Tour de France with a fractured pelvis
Tuesday 02 July 2013
He joins a long roll call of super hard cyclists
Tour de France: Corsican roads will put a twist in the start of race with a difference
Saturday 29 June 2013
As two-time Tour champion Alberto Contador told The Independent, “if you could pick one Tour de France to win of all of them, this would probably be it” – and there can be no doubt that the 100th edition of this race has a special feel to it.
Tour de France: Wait over for favourite Chris Froome
Saturday 29 June 2013
One-time supporting act has built up the confidence to be main man for Sky as he tries to conquer the Tour, he tells Robin Scott-Elliot
Sport In Brief: Irish say they don’t want Pat McQuaid to be cycling chief
Sunday 16 June 2013
Pat McQuaid has failed to secure the nomination of his own national cycling organisation in his bid for a third term as president of the International Cycling Union.
Sean Kelly rides to Pat McQuaid's defence
Friday 14 June 2013
Former Tour de France green jersey winner Sean Kelly has hit out at Pat McQuaid’s critics as the Irish cycling chief prepares for a crucial vote that could determine whether he stays on as Union Cycliste Internationale president.
Cycing: Why the shadow of Lance Armstrong still hangs over Pat McQuaid
Sunday 31 March 2013
Will Ireland turn against its own as he bids for third term as UCI chief?
Postgraduate diary: 'I was out of my comfort zone'
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Ask around undergraduate bars and common rooms and one major complaint about doing a postgraduate course is that it'll increase the size of your overdraft. But with a little bit of ingenuity, it doesn't have to.
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