?BAGNèRES-DE-LUCHON, France - When it came to Chris Froome unleashing the
stage-winning move that would catch all his rivals out in this years Tour de
France, the Kenyan-born Briton drew on the most basic instinct: his childhood
love of cycling.
Vans Toy Story España .After the two-time
Tour winner won the 184km eighth stage from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon to take
the yellow leaders jersey, he was asked if his aerodynamic position when
descending the Col de Peyresourde to victory following his surprise attack near
the summit was a marginal gain, like what his British Sky team often speak of
when talking up their recipe success. Froome looked slightly bemused before
saying: Not sure I call that a marginal gain ... Yeah ... call it what you want.
I felt like a kid again out there. Just race my bike as fast as I could.That
instinct paid dividends. Froome beat Irishman Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and
12 others by 13 seconds. In the group with Martin were other overall contenders,
like Frenchman Romain Bardet (Ag2r) in fourth, Italian Fabio Aru (Astana) in
sixth, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in eighth, Australian Richie Porte
(BMC) in 10th, Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in 11th and American Tejay
van Garderen (BMC) in 12th.Also in the group was Briton Adam Yates
(Orica-BikeExchange) in seventh. Yates kept the white jersey of best young rider
and will go into Sundays ninth stage, 184.5km from Vielha Val DAran to
Andorra-Arcalis, still in second place, but at 16 seconds to Froome. In third at
the same time as Yates is Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who was third on
the stage.Apart from Bardet, French hopes took a battering with Thibaut Pinot
(FDJ) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale) losing time; but the highest-profile rider
who had a torrid days racing in 36-degree Celsius (about 97-degrees Fahrenheit)
heat was Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), 17th at 1:41 and now 20th overall at
3:12.Froomes sense of joy for winning the Pyrenean stage like he did even
withstood the possibility of it turning to frustration when asked if it was
refreshing that his performance was not linked to questions on controversial
issues like motorised doping or physiological data.I have no doubt that people
out there have calculated my VAM [the Italian term Velocità Ascensionale Media
meaning average ascent speed] going down that climb and saying it has gone off
the charts, said Froome, who has faced numerous questions on the legitimacy of
his 2013 and 2015 Tour wins. I cant be happier to be back in yellow again. I
have never won a stage like that. I really felt I was taking the race on and
enjoying it.Froomes win in this second of three stages in the Pyrénées left many
who witnessed it agog - not for the fact he won, but that he did so by attacking
on the descent when most would have expected him to assert himself on one of the
summit finishes.Many suspect the move, made so close to the top of the Col de
Peyresourde summit with 18km to go, must have been planned during a training
camps. But other than admit he often raced for fun with teammates during those
camps, Froome said his attack was spontaneous. But Froomes Sky Team principal,
Sir David Brailsford, still left many wondering by saying that intent was to try
to agitate the situation and see where we go from there.Froome, who rode with a
54-tooth big chain ring (which indicates he had something planned) certainly put
in. My teammates just buried themselves today, from start to finish. He added
that the stage was still one of the hardest he had raced in a long time.Froome
tried to get away on the Peyresourde, but his rivals quickly closed his move
down. So I gave it one more go on the top of the ascent, Froome said. I am glad
I took that risk. I didnt take a massive gap, but I am in yellow again and that
is a massive surprise.Froome denied his move to win on a descent means he has
focused on descending this year.Not necessarily. We are focused more on the
mountaintop finishes, Froome said. It was a spur of the moment reaction going
over the top. Looking ahead we did have some really hard mountain top finishes
to come. I imagine they will be a lot more selective than today.Quintana, sixth
overall at 23 seconds and runner-up to Froome in 2013 and 2015, said he was
still caught out by Froome.I was reaching over for a water bottle to refresh
myself, and Froome took advantage of this moment to attack, Quintana said. He
went down, got away from us, and took some seconds on all of us. I hope its not
decisive. I thought we could catch him on the descent, and Alejandro [Valverde],
but it wasnt enough. Today was harder than we expected. On the last part, I let
my guard down.Van Garderen, eighth overall and also at 23 seconds to Froome,
concurred with Quintana.It started out with Sky just making their usual tempo,
van Garderen said. I think Valverde was the one that started opening up the
attacks. ... It looked like it was all together over the top, but then Froome
put in one last sneak attack right at the top there and I was thinking, Oh well.
Its a long way to go downhill. If we roll ... thats kind of a bold move.But you
never underestimate Froome. You give him an inch ... hell take a mile.
Vans Toy Story Old Skool . Vaives lawyer
Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the
claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made
against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents.
Vans Slip On Hombre . Wall made the comment
in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. The U.S. wrestler
and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in
Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say.
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. World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold
medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. LONDON -- The head
of WADAs athlete commission contends the global anti-doping system is not broken
and laments that politics surrounding the Russian doping scandal has sown
discord in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.Beckie Scott, who
chairs the World Anti-Doping Agency athlete committee, urged all sides on
Wednesday to put aside their differences and work together to combat an
undeniable threat to the integrity of sport today.In an op-ed released by the
Montreal-based agency, the former Olympic cross-country skier from Canada noted
that WADA has come under intense criticism and scrutiny in the wake of the
allegations of state-backed doping in Russia.`Why? Scott said. For successfully
fulfilling their mandate and taking the necessary decisions.To be clear, `the
system is not broken, she added. If it were, the exposure of systematic and
state-controlled doping in Russia by WADA would never have happened.Several IOC
members have blasted WADA, accusing the agency of failing to act sooner on the
Russian doping problems. They also criticized WADA for releasing investigator
Richard McLarens report on systematic Russian doping just weeks before the
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.McLarens report led WADA to call for the exclusion of
the entire Russian team from the Rio Games. The IOC rejected the recommendation,
instead asking individual sports federations to determine which Russian athletes
could compete.It is unacceptable that when it comes to clean, fair sport, there
is a sense of discord when there should be harmony, Scott said. Almost every day
someone new from the Olympic family takes to the media with the critical claim
that the global anti-doping `system is broken.International Olympic Committee
members Juan Antonnio Samaranch Jr.
Zapatillas Vans
Outlet. Sergei Bubka and Gerardo Werthein have all issued highly
critical assessments of WADA in recent weeks.The issue has become so deeply
divisive and conflicted among stakeholders that it seems athletes have another
competitor in the ring -- politics, Scott said. Cynicism alone will not win the
fight.Scotts comments were released three days before an Olympic summit in
Lausanne, Switzerland, that the IOC says will focus on developing a more robust,
more efficient and more independent worldwide anti-doping system. IOC President
Thomas Bach has called for the entire testing system to be independent from
sports organizations.We have to be solution focused and can no longer afford to
become subject to the politics, conflicted interests and game-playing that has
held us back for so long, Scott said.With WADAs future role and status under
scrutiny, Scott said the agency should be given the autonomy to effectively
monitor compliance with global anti-doping rules, apply sanctions and serve as
the regulatory body for anti-doping efforts around the world.Scott also said
WADA needs better funding. The agencys annual budget, covered 50-50 by the
Olympic movement and national governments, is about $27 million.We need to ask
ourselves, what is the cost? she wrote. What price are we willing to pay for
clean, legitimate sport? We must find new ways of funding the quest for a level
playing field.Scott originally finished third in the 5-kilometer pursuit at the
2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, but was eventually bumped up to the gold medal
after the two other medalists were caught for doping.
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