Tour de France champion Alberto Contador lost time on the leaders and suffered a painful knock to his leg when he crashed towards the end of the first stage of Paris-Nice on Monday.
The race favourite crashed three km from the finish in Contres after being dropped from the front following a harsh effort by the Caisse d’Epargne team of last year’s winner Luis Leon Sanchez.
New Zealand’s Greg Henderson won the 201.5-km stage beating Slovenia’s Grega Bole and France’s Jeremy Galland on the line … Details
After last week’s quick diversion to bring you the news about ocean rowers around the world, Which we hope you enjoyed, excitement is reaching fever pitch for our Atlantic Rowing Race teams as we have a rush (in rowing terms!) Of activity towards the finish line.
Winning the pair’s class and finishing in second place overall, James Croome and Olli Back onboard QBE Insurance Challenger (photos above) crossed the finish line on Friday with a time of 59 days, 16 hours and 17 minutes. It seemed Neptune had taken a shine to the team, though. Even in the last few hundred miles at sea, he didn’t seem to want to say goodbye, and … Details