Santambrogio leaves mateship behind - and Evans chasing

Rupert Guinness He is a former teammate and the first rider in whom a teary Cadel Evans confided about a fractured elbow that might have cost him Tour de France victory in 2010.

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Hello, yellow: Tour boss predicts Evans will be in the mix

Rupert Guinness As the boss of the world's biggest bike race, the Tour de France, you could be excused for suspecting Christian Prudhomme would have little time to think about who might win the Giro d'Italia that...

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Evans to gamble on the Giro

Rupert Guinness Cadel Evans knows he has taken a major risk by deciding to race the three-week Giro d'Italia.

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Evans sees Giro as best road for Tour chances

Rupert Guinness CADEL EVANS knows he has taken a large risk by deciding only one month ago - and to the surprise of many - to race the three-week Giro d'Italia, which starts in Naples next Saturday.

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Another stage in Porte's climb right to the top

Rupert Guinness Sky has now put the pressure on Richie Porte to deliver in the time trial.

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Schleck front and centre on road to recovery

Rupert Guinness The sight of Andy Schleck riding at the front of the peloton in stage two of the Tour Down Under this week after a long spell through injury last year impressed no one more than his Australian former...

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Cadel reach the summit again?

Rupert Guinness After the high point of his 2011 Tour de France win, Cadel Evans struggled in 2012. Rupert Guinness looks at what needs to go right for Evans, at 36, to remain in contention for cycling's greatest...

Evans and the odds

Rupert Guinness Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France last year.

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Evans at ease as pre-Tour nerves hits team

Rupert Guinness As Cadel Evans and his eight BMC teammates sat for their first pre-race meeting of the Tour de France on Saturday, the defending champion sensed an air of nerves hovering through the group.

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Early points victory goes to Sagan

Rupert Guinness Matt White, the sports director of the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team, now rates Peter Sagan as a serious contender for the Tour de France green jersey as winner of the points competition.

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Points jersey an uphill battle for Goss and Orica-GreenEDGE

Rupert Guinness Matt Goss and his Orica-GreenEDGE teammates must pull out all stops and win Tuesday's third stage of the Tour de France - as well as the intermediate sprint beforehand - or risk Slovakian Peter Sagan...

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No train, no worries: Cavendish fires warning shot with solo win

Rupert Guinness World champion Mark Cavendish delivered a blunt rebuttal to anyone who still doubted he can win without a dedicated lead-out train.

Early days are critical, says Evans

Rupert Guinness, Boulogne-sur-mer If the sound of collapsed bikes and bodies comes from behind, Cadel Evans knows he is safe - for now.

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Goss closes in on green jersey

Rupert Guinness in Saint Quentin Australian sprinter Matt Goss has stormed into green jersey contention following a second-place finish behind Andre Greipel on stage five of the Tour de France.

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Sky soars as Evans doggedly hangs on

Rupert Guinness Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain achieved his childhood dream of wearing the yellow jersey overnight and now he faces the daunting task of keeping it for the remaining two weeks.

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Evans finds unexpected allies in his battle against Wiggins

Rupert Guinness Cadel Evans predicts there will be a major reshuffle in the top order of the Tour de France on Monday while his team management hinted at an upset by the Australian.

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Evans plans his next move

Rupert Guinness, Porrentruy Bradley Wiggins might have the invective, but experts believe Cadel Evans has the smarts.

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Wiggins unleashes after Twitter talk

Rupert Guinness Before Cadel Evans was to line up in Arc-et-Senans for the first major time trial of this year's Tour de France last night, the signs were there that the Australian had planned something special to...

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Wiggins offers 'open book' on doping as Greipel claims stage win

Rupert Guinness British Tour de France race leader, Bradley Wiggins says he may agree to release his official blood passport into the public domain, despite being strongly advised against doing so, to prove that he...