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No matter what his radar gun readings say, Jose Valverde fulfills two requirements that managers commonly value in closers: He always says yes when asked if he's available to pitch, and he is quick to recover from poor outings. He has been a serial ...

: Spanish cyclist Joaquin 'Purito' Rodriguez believes that he is one of the main contenders to win the Tour de France beginning at the end of June. The 34-year-old Spaniard has managed podium finishes in the Giro de Italia and Vuelta de Espana ...

Photo: 2013 Tour de France map / LeTour.com Gayle Falkenthal Related Columns SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2013 It's a milestone anniversary year for one of the world's greatest athletic competitions, the Tour de France cycling race. The 100th ...

June 16 (Reuters) - Portugal's Rui Costa claimed the Tour of Switzerland for a second successive year after winning the final time trial stage in Flumserberg on Sunday. The Movistar rider, who trailed Swiss yellow jersey wearer Mathias Frank by 13 ...

The British cyclist Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France when he won the Criterium du Dauphine warm-up race on Sunday. Froome, 28, who finished second behind Team Sky teammate Sir Bradley Wiggins in last ...

PARIS, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from Criterium du Dauphine cycling tournament after the eighth and final stage on Sunday: 1. Alessandro de Marchi (Italy/Cannondale) 4 hours 23 minutes 9 seconds 2. Chris Froome (Britain/SKY) ...

So far this season, we've ranked closers, identified their backups, taken a deeper look at holds and invented the term "SPARP." But now we're in June and owners are starting to get roused from their sedentary states of not panicking and holding off ...

Chris Froome and Team Sky made an emphatic statement at the Criterium du Dauphine as the Brit won stage five to move into the race lead. On the Valmorel summit finish Froome reacted to an attack from rival Alberto Contador, shutting down the ...

Posted on: June 6th, 2013 Thomas Damuseau decided that the best way to defend his lead in the King of the Mountains competition was to go on the attack on stage 5 of the Critrium Dauphin. With four KOM sprints along the 139km route of the fifth ...