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MILAN, April 5 Senior debt issued by Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca extended gains on Tuesday after the two ailing Italian banks said the European Central Bank had confirmed they met criteria for a state bailout. Investors had dumped the two banks' debt last week on concerns they may fail to qualify for a state rescue and would have to be wound down under European Union rules that impose losses on senior bondholders and large depositors.
Under the precautionary recapitalisation scheme that Italy has asked to be allowed to use to pump money into the two banks only shareholders and junior bondholders will take a hit.
By 0957 GMT an October 2018 bond issued by Popolare di Vicenza yielded 12.4 percent, down from 19.4 percent late on Tuesday and 25 percent on Monday. (Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari, writing by Valentina Za,)

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* STOXX 600 dips 0.2 pct, IBEX down 0.6 pct
* Banco Sabadell leads losses
* Banks weigh on Spain's IBEX
* Italian banks also slide as periphery worries spread
* Genmab, Wartsila hit by broker downgrades (ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets)
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LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Europe's major benchmarks were set to end a tumultuous week on a slightly softer note, while Spanish bank stocks remained under pressure after Catalonia said it would defy Madrid and hold its planned parliament meeting on Monday.
The pan-European STOXX 600 dipped 0.2 percent in early trading, but remained on track for its fourth straight weekly gains.
Spain's IBEX fell back 0.6 percent after a strong rally in the previous session when investors' nerves over Catalonian independence eased.
The main Spanish benchmark was set for its worst week in two months, having sunk to its lowest level in more than six months on Wednesday as investors sold Spanish assets in the deepening political crisis.
Spanish bonds slid again on Friday as Catalonia's head of foreign affairs told the BBC the regional parliament would make a decision on independence.
Jesus Castillo, southern Europe economist at Natixis, said the situation in Catalonia would get worse before it got better, adding the crisis could hit investment in the region.
Shares in Catalonia-headquartered Caixabank and Banco Sabadell extended early losses to fall as much as 2.8 percent on Friday, after the previous session's strong rally on news they were looking to move their base out of Barcelona.
"A change of legal HQ would provide greater certainty on issues such as banking regulation and deposit insurance," said Berenberg sales traders in a note to clients.
"However a considerable amount of uncertainty remains, with both banks having large exposures to the region ... both banks risk losing customers by being perceived as Catalan, yet risk damaging relationships if they decide to relocate," they added.
Despite the Catalan crisis both stocks remain among the best-performing euro zone banks, up more than 20 percent year-to-date.
Bank stocks in Italy, another periphery market, were also sinking, with Ubi Banca, Banco BPM, BPER Banca and Unicredit the worst-performing. Italy's FTSE MIB fell 0.6 percent, also set for its worst week in two months.
Germany's DAX inched up to a record high in early deals, helped by strong industrial orders data.
A weakening euro has supported the exporter-heavy index, and euro zone stocks were set for a sixth week of gains, holding near five-month highs.
Outside of Spain and Italy, moves were modest as investors’ focus turned away from the Catalan crisis and instead to U.S. non-farm payrolls data later on Friday, with analysts expecting to see a hit from Hurricane Harvey.
Shares in Danish biotech company Genmab fell 2.7 percent after JP Morgan cut its rating to neutral, while Finnish industrial technology firm Wartsila dropped 3 percent after HSBC cut it to "hold", saying it saw limited upwards momentum for the stock.
(Reporting by Helen Reid, Julien Ponthus, Editing by Kit Rees and Robin Pomeroy)


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Question: Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Is Introspective And Unforgiving

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Spoiler alert: DAMN. opens with Kendrick Lamar narrating his own shooting death at the hands of a blind assailant. This seems to be a tradition amongst Los Angeles rappers: Lamar's most obvious predecessor, Ice Cube, rapped about dying at least three times on his first two albums. The shared message from both artists is that violent ends can arrive unexpectedly, especially if you're young, black and male.
It's no coincidence that Lamar decided to release DAMN. on Good Friday, a day meant to mark the death of the righteous at the hands of tyrants. Lamar isn't a Christian rapper in the conventional sense — his songs aren't in explicit exaltation of His glory — and though DAMN. is redolent with Biblical references, the temperament is decidedly Old Testament, filled with cold wrath and righteous punishments owing to the wages of sin and the blood of innocents. The tone on DAMN. is a stark contrast to the funky exuberance on Lamar's much-lauded To Pimp a Butterfly from 2015: There, he seemed to revel in a torrent of creative intensity that some found exhilarating, others indulgent. If that album was like billiard balls scattering after the break, then DAMN. wraps its focus inward, tight and layered, like a bundle of rubber bands.
Its 14 songs, all titled with brief concepts such as "FEEL.", "LOYALTY.", and "DNA.", explore dualities within both the soul and American society. In some cases, the fractures are made obvious between songs — "LUST." and "LOVE." or "PRIDE." and "HUMBLE.," for example — but even within a track, Lamar is constantly exploring conflicts and contradictions. On "DNA.," the album's first fully fleshed-out song, he raps back-to-back: "I got millions, I got riches, buildin' in my DNA / I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DNA." Likewise, on the nearly eight-minute marathon "FEAR.," he invites us into his anxious mindset, where there's a thin line between confidence and venality, and any hint of success also carries with it the threat of loss.
This introspection is also reflected in the mostly somber production, which departs from the meaty P-Funk influences of Butterfly in favor of more minimalist moods. At times, there's perhaps too little there; I've had the album on nonstop since the minute it came out and I still can't remember what "GOD." or "LOYALTY." sound like. But in other places, especially on "FEAR." and "PRIDE.", the soulful spareness works well with the song's themes and Lamar's understated performance. To put it a different way, Butterfly felt very music-forward, whereas DAMN. is built out of bars.
On the pre-album single "The Heart Part 4," he boldly proclaimed himself to be this era's "greatest rapper alive," and DAMN. aims to secure his hold on that title belt. Lamar's wordplay has always been intricate, but he's finding new ways to push its limits: The way he super-stacks rhyming couplets rivals Eminem in his prime, while his constant modulation of voice and pacing allows him to play different characters within a single song. The stunning closer, "DUCKWORTH,.," also burnishes his reputation as one of hip-hop's most vivid storytellers, as he tells the supposedly true tale of how his label boss, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, once came close to killing Lamar's own father 20 years ago.
Perhaps nothing suggests his position atop hip-hop's leaderboard more than the fact that, almost as soon as DAMN. came out, there was an internet-fueled rumor that since he "died" on Good Friday, it followed that he'd be resurrected on Easter Sunday via a surprise second album. (That's less outlandish a thought than it would have been a year ago, before Frank Ocean dropped Endless and Blonde on consecutive days and Future went No. 1 with two albums released a week apart — but Easter came and went with no follow-up LP.) The collective desire, if not greed, for another full-length LP right after DAMN. captures how much Lamar has electrified the music community. There's a real yearning for artists of his stature to speak truth to power, especially at a time when the powerful seem to brazenly revel in untruths.
There's a danger in putting too much weight on any entertainer to serve as a proxy for collective action. Indeed, Lamar's own fans sometimes feel moved to keep him in check — most recently in response to "HUMBLE.," in which he rolls out a lazy cliché about wanting women to be less "Photoshop." But though he can be preachy at times, he doesn't suggest he's above reproach. Rather, his songs constantly offer him up as a sacrifice to a vengeful God: never an innocent lamb, always a conflicted sinner. That's the feeling his work asks us to confront within ourselves. He's not here to provide relief or distraction. His anxieties and unease around his own foibles are meant to mirror our own — and likewise, his struggles towards salvation and redemption are lead-by-example exhortations for us to do the same work, lest we risk perishing in a damnation of our own making.

Intergalactic death metal band The Beast Of Nod has released their debut album, Vampira: Disciple Of Chaos with an accompanying comic book for fans of sci-fi and vicious metal. To showcase the Boston based group's unique style and musical vision, they've also released a lyric video for the single "Behold! ... But Beware The Celestial Cetaceans!"
Tracklisting:
“A Prison Of Ice”
“The Vanishing Commutator”
“PotRoast The Rhinoman”
“Ripped Off Face II: The Cape Of Faces”
“Behold!...But Beware The Celestical Cetaceans!”
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Question: Young Boy’s Emotional Facebook Video About Bullying Goes Viral

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A young boy’s emotional video about another round of bullying he endured is going viral.
Keaton Jones, a middle school student, tearfully explained how he was bullied to his mother and asks why people bully others. She caught the moment on video:
This is Keaton Jones. He is amazing. I hope those who bullied him get what’s coming to them. And soon. pic.twitter.com/qgRObI0rto — Jamie O'Grady (@JamieOGrady) December 9, 2017
One of the first to respond to the video was the Tennessee Titans’ Delanie Walker, who reached out to Jones and his mother on Twitter Saturday with words of encouragement and an offer of tickets to a Titans game. Walker said that he hoped to raise awareness to bullying in schools.
@DonteStallworth @Lakyn_Jones hopefully my video and the tweets that Keaton have been getting brings awareness to bullying and how serious it is in our school system pic.twitter.com/1Dujv3RxA5 — Delanie walker (@delaniewalker82) December 9, 2017
However, Walker was not the last to reach out, as Jones’ story has touched many.
Avengers’ star Chris Evans reached out to Jones via Twitter, inviting him and his mother to the premiere of the new Avengers’ film next summer:
Stay strong, Keaton. Don’t let them make you turn cold. I promise it gets better. While those punks at your school are deciding what kind of people they want to be in this world, how would you and your mom like to come to the Avengers premiere in LA next year? https://t.co/s1QwCQ3toi — Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 10, 2017
Cleveland Cavaliers’ players J.R. Smith and LeBron James were among some of the others to respond, with Smith saying that Jones should come out to a game when the Cavaliers play in Memphis.
That’s a damn shame. Keaton if your around when we play in Memphis i would love to invite you to one of our games. Head up Champ! https://t.co/Moh9ObdgX8 — JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) December 11, 2017
Damn right! Bullies are straight up wack, corny, cowards, chumps, etc, etc! Keaton keep your head up buddy and push forward! You're the best https://t.co/pqDgay77l9 — LeBron James (@KingJames) December 11, 2017
The hashtag “#StandWithKeaton” was trending for a period this weekend and has evoked thousands of responses.
Singer Katy Perry and NBA legend Bill Russell also responded with tweets, urging people to be kind to one another and spread Keaton’s story:
This broke my 💔 today. Please be kind to one another. #standwithkeaton https://t.co/8XBbFmnuc1 — KATY PERRY (@katyperry) December 10, 2017

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Question: Dan Martin wins Critérium du Dauphiné stage five as Geraint Thomas moves into yellow jersey

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Thomas now holds race lead by more than a minute
Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) took victory on stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné as Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), who finished second on the day, moved into the yellow jersey.
Having been out-sprinted by Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) on Thursday’s stage to Lans-en-Vercors, Martin was clearly determined to arrive at the line alone on the summit finish to Valmorel, launching a stinging attack with three kilometres to go that no one was able to follow.
The input of speed saw race leader Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) dropped as Thomas relied on the pace-setting of Tao Geoghegan Hart to keep Martin’s lead pegged at around 15 seconds.
With a kilometre to go Geoghegan Hart pulled off and Thomas attacked, immediately dropping Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) among others.
Thomas closed in rapidly on Martin, but ran out of road as Martin was able to cross the line and celebrate his first victory in UAE Team Emirates colours with Thomas, just four seconds behind, moving into the race lead with just two stages remaining.
Meanwhile third place went to Yates, who moves up to sixth place in GC, while Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing) is now Thomas’ closest challenger for the overall title at 1-09.
How it happened
Stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné was the most straightforward of the four back-to-back summit finishes of the end of the race with a general flat run from Grenoble through the valleys to the finishing climb to Valmorel.
However the opening of the stage saw two small climbs which allowed Edward Ravasi (UAE Team Emirates), Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r La Mondiale), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors), Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ), Matteo Fabbro (Trek-Segafredo) and Carlos Verona (Mitchelton-Scott) to slip clear and form the break of the day.
With the stage only being 130.5km in length, those eight riders were never allowed much of a gap, with their lead hovering at around two minutes as Team Sky controlled the bunch before Bora-Hansgrohe, working for Emanuel Buchmann, decided to take up the pace-setting to bring the gap down to a minute with 19km to go.
However as they really closed in on the climb, Team Sky were back on the front and that additional pace saw the break all but caught as the road ramped upwards towards the ski resort of Valmorel with 12km to go.
Despite the peloton being within sight, Edet, De Plus, and Ravasi decided to persevere and were actually able to extend their lead back out towards half a minute as Classics specialist Dylan Van Baarle led the Team Sky train behind.
That trio worked well together until Mitchelton-Scott moved to the front of the peloton to up the pace and reduce the gap, prompting Edet to attack from the break. De Plus was able to bridge across with 6.5km to go, but by that point the gap was down to just 10 seconds and the catch was soon made.
One-by-one the Mitchelton-Scott riders peeled off the front in an attempt to set up Adam Yates, but the first attack actually came from Marc Soler (Movistar) with 3.5km remaining.
However the response soon came from Yates, who attacked with Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) following immediately while Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) among those taking a little longer to respond.
But just as he had done on stage four, Martin launched a powerful attack, this time able to get away with no other riders for company with three kilometres to go.
Those accelerations saw the yellow jersey of Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) dropped, while his team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart moved to the front of the bunch with Thomas in his wheel to attempt to chase down Martin.
Geoghegan Hart’s effort meant Martin was locked at 15 seconds, before he pulled off with one kilometre to go as Thomas attacked with Bardet the only man able to follow.
However Bardet wasn’t able to stay there for long as Thomas pushed on in pursuit of Martin with the yellow jersey within his grasp.
Thomas had Martin in his sights and was closing fast, but was unable to make the junction in time with Martin crossing the line with a few seconds to spare even after a slightly premature celebration with 150m to go.
That result meant that Thomas moved into the race lead by 1-09 over Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing) with Moscon hanging on to third on the same time as Caruso.
Results
Critérium du Dauphiné 2018, stage five: Grenoble to Valmorel, 130.5km
1 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates, in 3-21-19
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, at 4 secs
3 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott, at 15 secs
4 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 16 secs
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, at same time
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale, at same time
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing, at 24 secs
8 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin, at same time
9 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert, at 26 secs
10 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo, at same time
General classification after stage five
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, in 17-16-53
2 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing, at 1-09
3 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky, at same time
4 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors, at 1-10
5 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky, at 1-15
6 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott, at 1-18
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, at 1-53
8 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors, at 2-03
9 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar, at 2-10
10 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 2-23

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Whether you're settling an argument or just taking a trip down memory lane, here's our complete guide to the Grand Tours from 2006 to today
2018
Giro d’Italia: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Chris Froome (Team Sky) made history twice here – becoming both the first British rider to win the Giro, and adding his name to a select trio of riders who have held all three Grand Tour titles at the same time – along with Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.
Up until stage 19, the race looked lost for Froome, who was in fourth on GC and 3 minutes 22 behind leader, Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) – who had held the honour since stage six, winning on stages nine, 11 and 15.
On the slopes of the Colle delle Finestre, however, Froome made his intentions clear, riding away from the bunch with 80km to go and extending a lead which he held until Rome.
The stage was significantly less successful for Yates, who had appeared so unbreakable in the first two weeks, but struggled to hold the pace and dropped well out of the top ten.
Defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) spent much of the race in second, only wearing the maglia rosa following a victory in the opening time trial. Though he tried to eat into Froome’s margin on the penultimate stage, he later admitted he simply could not shift the Brit.
Podium: Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) at 46s, Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) at 4-57
KOM: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Points: Elia Viviani (Quick Step Floors)
2017
Vuelta a España: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Chris Froome (Team Sky) took his first victory at the Vuelta, ahead of Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin).
Froome took hold of the leader’s jersey on stage three, attacking with 7km to go towards a summit finish, further cementing his position with a win on stage nine’s uphill finale.
On stage 11, he added to his time gap with second place, whilst his rivals where not able to follow him towards yet another gruelling uphill finish line. The Brit had to work hard the following day, when two crashes in quick succession over the final 10km almost scuppered his lead, but he was able to retain his red jersey.
Froome faced hot competition from Vincenzo Nibali, who claimed a few seconds on him over stage 14, but a long 40.2km time trial on stage 16 allowed him to build up a buffer, winning by 29 seconds. He gained yet more time in the coming days, eventually winning with a margin of 2-15 over Nibali.
Podium: Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) at 2-15, Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) at 2-51
KOM: Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac)
Points: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Tour de France: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Despite going into the race on less than top form and without a win in 2017, there were times when Chris Froome‘s fourth Tour de France victory looked like something of a canter. He didn’t win a stage en route to Paris, but nor did he need to.
Team-mate Geraint Thomas was the surprise winner of the yellow jersey in the opening time trial, and thereafter Sky were in the lead for all but two days of the race.
Working in Froome’s favour were the early withdrawals of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Richie Porte (BMC Racing). Nairo Quintana (Movistar) looked fatigued after his tilt at the Giro, Alberto Contador (Trek Segafredo) appeared to be a fading force, and Sky’s rivals never really looked capable of putting Froome’s squad under genuine pressure.
Margins were small throughout a largely cagey Tour, but stage 20’s time trial always looked likely to work in Froome’s favour – and so it proved as he thrashed his rivals to establish some more substantial time gaps ahead of the race’s arrival in Paris.
Among the other big stories of the Tour was Warren Barguil’s excellent ride, as the 25-year-old Frenchman claimed the mountains jersey to the delight of the home fans. Early on, the clash between Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), which led to a broken shoulderblade for the Manxman and a controversial disqualification for the Slovak, cost Sagan the chance to win a record-equalling six successive green jerseys, and prevented Cavendish from edging closer to Eddy Merckx’s all-time Tour stage win record.
Podium: Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac), 54s; Romain Bardet (AG2R), 2-20
KOM: Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb)
Points: Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb)
Giro d’Italia: Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
The 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia lived up to every inch of the pre-race hype as Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) snatched victory on the final stage.
Beginning the day in fourth position behind Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), the time trial specialist blasted to the GC victory around the 28km course from the Monza F1 circuit to the streets of Milan in an effortless display of power against the clock, becoming the first Dutchman to win the Giro.
Earlier in the race, Dumoulin put in the performance of his life to throw down the gauntlet in the first TT on stage ten, opening up a gap of 2-23 over Quintana.
That lead would be tested again and again through the mountainous latter half of the race, especially on the 222km Queen stage, when Dumoulin was forced to stop for an emergency natural break in the run-in to the final climb. His rivals took full advantage, and at the end of stage 16, the race lead was down to just 31 seconds.
As the race approached its climax, the improvised alliance of Quintana and Nibali tested Dumoulin to breaking point, as both riders knew that the Dutchman would hold all the aces on the final day’s TT. Quintana seized pink on stage 19 and extended his lead to 53 seconds the following day – but ultimately Dumoulin had enough left at the climax of a thrilling race.
Away from the GC, sprinter Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) proved his talent with four stage wins on his debut Grand Tour, claiming the points jersey by a huge margin.
Podium: Nairo Quintana (Movistar), 31s; Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), 40s
KOM: Mikel Landa (Team Sky)
Points: Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors)
2016
Vuelta a España: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) bounced back from the disappointment of the Tour de France to beat his arch-rival Chris Froome (Team Sky) and claim the second Grand Tour victory of his career.
Quintana took victory on the big mountains of stage 10 to take the race lead, and it was his all the way to Madrid, despite spirited challenges from Froome, Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff). The key moment came on stage 15, when Quintana put himself into an escape group with Contador and team-mates to gain over two and a half minutes on Froome, who found himself without team support and perhaps suffering from a gruelling season that had taken him from France, to the Rio Olympics, and then to Spain. Froome clawed back over two minutes as he convincingly won the key time trial stage to set up a thrilling final day in the mountains on stage 20. He repeatedly attacked Quintana on the final climb, but the Colombian held firm, actually gaining a couple of seconds on Froome on the line. Podium: Chris Froome (Team Sky), 1-23; Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange), 4-08 KOM: Omar Fraile (Dimension Data)
Points: Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo)
Tour de France: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
The 2016 Tour de France was a strange mix, in parts compelling and unpredictable, but at other times lacking in drama.
On the one hand, there were some unforgettable images. Chris Froome (Team Sky) confounded his rivals by attacking on a descent, and teamed up with Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) to form a successful break on a flat sprint stage. Perhaps most memorably of all, he found himself jogging up Mont Ventoux when his bike was damaged in a collision with a motorbike.
Elsewhere, Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) proved his critics wrong when he won four stages – and his first yellow jersey – despite having focused his pre-Tour preparation on the Olympics rather than the road. Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) was hit by a falling inflatable. And Sagan was once again at the heart of everything, competing in sprints, launching breaks and ultimately winning three stages, as well as his fourth successive green jersey.
In the general classification, however, Froome and Sky never looked like losing. A team packed full of capable climbers such as Wout Poels, Mikel Landa, Geraint Thomas and Mikel Nieve were utterly dominant, and none of his rivals could match Froome in the two time trials.
The likes of Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Fabio Aru (Astana) and Richie Porte (BMC Racing) were unable to make a mark on an individual stage, never mind the race. Froome was simply a step above as he claimed the third Grand Tour of his career.
Podium: Romain Bardet (AG2R), 4-05; Nairo Quintana (Movistar), +-21
KOM: Rafal Majka (Tinkoff)
Points: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
Giro d’Italia: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)
For the second Grand Tour in succession, Astana pulled off a classic smash-and-grab.
With 18 stages complete, Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) looked virtually unbeatable and set for an unlikely first Grand Tour win – before the next two days turned the whole race upside down. Vincenzo Nibali was all but written off, placed in fourth and 4-43 behind Kruijswijk.
Then everything changed. The race leader lost control on the icy descent of the Colle Dell’Agnello, crashing hard into a snowdrift. Now it was the turn of Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) to eye a debut win, with a 44-second advantage over Nibali going into the final mountain stage. But the Italian proved his class with a dominant ride that turned the GC on its head, turning his deficit at the top into a 52-second lead.
Nibali wore the maglia rosa for just one day – but it was the day that counted.
Podium: Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), 52s; Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), 1-17
KOM: Mikel Nieve (Team Sky)
Points: Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)
2015
Vuelta a España: Fabio Aru (Astana)
A nail-biting Vuelta looked set to go down to the wire, and it was all set for a shock win for Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), considered up to this point a time trial specialist lacking the legs for a mountainous Grand Tour.
Rated 1,000-1 by the bookies before the start of the race, Dumoulin established a three-second lead over Fabio Aru in the stage 17 time trial. That advantage extended to nine seconds on the cobbled climb at the end of stage 19, but the Dutchman’s ambitions came crashing down on the penultimate stage of the race. Astana put in a clinical display, turning the screw in the mountains to crack Dumoulin and leave Aru celebrating his maiden Grand Tour win.
Podium: Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), 1-17; Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), 1-29
KOM: Omar Fraile (Caja Rural)
Points: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Tour de France: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Bouncing back from the disappointment of the previous year, Chris Froome sealed his second Tour de France victory in style.
In yellow by stage four, Sky’s leader was never out of the top two from that point, and with support from the outstanding Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte, he always seemed in control.
There was a memorable climax to the race as Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attacked on the Alpe d’Huez to shave more than a minute from Froome’s lead, but the Kenyan-born Brit still had 1-12 in the bank for the finish in Paris.
Instead, the defining moment of the 2015 Tour was Froome’s solo win on La Pierre-Saint-Martin, which delivered almost three minutes of breathing space in the general classification – but also launched a flurry of innuendo from critics suggesting that his clear dominance could only be the result of doping.
Podium: Nairo Quintana (Movistar), 1-12; Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), 5-25
KOM: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Points: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Giro d’Italia: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)
It wasn’t the closest Giro in history – at times it felt like a man against boys as Alberto Contador crushed his opposition day after day – but it was a thrilling race nevertheless. The first 14 stages saw 14 different winners, and there was even a surprise breakaway win in Milan.
The general classification was a different story, however, as Contador took a stranglehold on the race and squeezed mercilessly. At times he barely even needed the support of a team – on stage 15 he found himself surrounded by four Astana riders on the final climb of the day and yet, incredibly, still managed to extend his lead over Astana’s leader, Fabio Aru. El Pistolero was simply unstoppable, and a seventh Grand Tour win was in the bag.
Podium: Fabio Aru (Astana), 1-53; Mikel Landa (Astana), 3-05
KOM: Giovanni Visconti (Movistar)
Points: Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek)
2014
Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)
The Tour de France’s loss was the Vuelta’s gain, as Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) looked to rescue their seasons after disappointment in La Grande Boucle.
Contador, recovering from a broken tibia sustained at the Tour, proved the stronger of the two, taking two mountain stages on his way to a sixth Grand Tour win.
There was a stirring fightback from Froome in the final week, and some thrilling head-to-head racing in the blistering Spanish heat, but the Brit ultimately fell short.
Podium: Chris Froome (Team Sky), 1-10; Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), 1-50
KOM: Luis Léon Sanchez (Caja Rural)
Points: John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano)
Tour de France: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)
To critics, it was a win by default. A tough parcours that began in the Yorkshire sunshine and took in the cobbles of northern France claimed Vincenzo Nibali’s rivals one by one, until the Italian was the last man standing.
Astana’s leader took the yellow jersey as early as stage two and he relinquished it for just one day between Sheffield and Paris. Defending champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) crashed on stage four, then hit the deck twice on the cobbles of stage five, forcing his retirement from the race.
Stage 10 claimed Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), who fractured his tibia in a nasty fall. Nibali was two minutes clear and never looked back, eventually winning four stages on his way to completing the Triple Crown of Tour, Giro and Vuelta.
Would he have won against a full field? We’ll never know – but it was a seriously impressive ride.
Podium: Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R), 7-37; Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), 8-15
KOM: Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Points: Peter Sagan (Cannondale)
Giro d’Italia: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
It was a race that began on the streets of Belfast and ended with a Colombian standing on the top of the podium in Milan for the first time.
The race hinged on dramatic (and somewhat controversial) racing on the slopes of the Stelvio on stage 16. With rain, fog and snow causing chaos, some teams believed the race to have been neutralised due to safety fears, but Nairo Quintana (Movistar) powered on to transform the GC. Starting the day in fifth place, 2-40 behind race leader Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step), the Colombian climber was in control of the race at the day’s close, 1-41 ahead of the pack.
Podium: Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step), 2-58; Fabio Aru (Astana), 4-04
KOM: Julián Arrendondo (Trek Factory Racing)
Points: Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
2013
Vuelta a España: Chris Horner (Radioshack-Leopard)
Few surprise winners come quite as surprising as Chris Horner (Radioshack-Leopard), the 41-year-old veteran who had never finished higher than ninth in 10 previous Grand Tours. Following a see-saw battle with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Horner produced a series of outstanding performances in the Vuelta’s mountainous final week to seal a win that no one saw coming.
Twice Nibali seized the red jersey from the American, but a late surge by the veteran on stage 19 saw him turn a six-second deficit into a three-second lead. Despite ferocious attacks from the Giro d’Italia winner on the penultimate stage, Horner somehow hung on, and even found the strength to extend his lead.
Podium: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), 37s; Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), 1-36
KOM: Nicolas Edet (Confidis)
Points: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Tour de France: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
The 100th edition of the Tour de France saw a repeat of the unthinkable: a British rider on the top step of the Paris podium. This time, however, Bradley Wiggins was left at home as Team Sky instead picked Chris Froome to lead their effort – and the 28-year-old’s imperious performance paid back their confidence in spades.
Taking the lead through a stunning ride to Ax 3 Domaines on stage 8, Froome was unstoppable as he ground his rivals down time after time. Two further stage wins, one in a hilly time trial, gave him a 4-34 advantage going into stage 18’s ascent of Alpe d’Huez.
Then came the wobble. Despite looking strong during the stage, Froome miscalculated his feeds and was seriously struggling with 5km to go.
Team-mate Richie Porte was sent back to the team car to pick up an energy bar, and his leader was given a 20-second penalty for an illegal feed. It was a price worth paying, however, as he put another 37 seconds into his chief rival Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff), building the luxury of a five-minute lead in the process.
Podium: Nairo Quintana (Movistar), 4-20; Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), 5-04
KOM: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
Points: Peter Sagan (Cannondale)
Giro d’Italia: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)
An attritional Giro saw riders battle through cold, wet weather as Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) became the first Italian rider to win the home Grand Tour since 2010.
Pre-race favourites included Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp), Cadel Evans (BMC) and Nibali himself, but ultimately only the 36-year-old Evans made it to the finish. Nibali seized the leader’s jersey as early as stage eight and grew increasingly dominant as the race went on, claiming victories on stages 18 (a time trial) and 20 to finish close to five minutes clear at the top of the podium.
A staggering five stage wins for sprinter Mark Cavendish (Omega-Pharma Quickstep) allowed the Manxman to complete the full set of Grand Tour points jerseys, following on from his victories at the 2011 Tour de France and 2009 Vuelta.
Podium: Rigoberto Uran (Team Sky), 4-43; Cadel Evans (BMC), 5-52
KOM: Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox)
Points: Mark Cavendish (Omega-Pharma Quickstep)
2012
Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)
A stone-cold classic Grand Tour delivered Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) his second Vuelta a España, and his first major win following his doping suspension.
The race looked set to belong to Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who took the lead in the crosswinds of stage four and extended it with three stage wins to establish a 28-second advantage over Contador by the final rest day.
Stage 17 had all the hallmarks of a breakaway win, and attentions were focused on the final days in the mountains – but Contador had other ideas.
He exploded off the front with 50km to go and Rodriguez was powerless to respond, trailing by more than two and a half minutes to leave Contador in complete control. Despite attacks from Rodriguez and compatriot Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the final days, Contador had enough in the tank to complete a memorable win.
John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) was the pick of the sprinters with an astonishing five stage wins, although the points jersey ultimately went to Valverde in a successful race for the home nation.
Podium: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), 1-16; Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha), 1-37
KOM: Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEDGE)
Points: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky)
It was the moment they said would never happen, as Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) kicked off Britain’s greatest ever summer of cycling to win the Tour de France.
A track cyclist turned time triallist turned GC contender, Wiggins dominated the race from start to finish in a near-faultless performance, ably supported by his lieutenant and compatriot, Chris Froome.
After placing second behind Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) in the opening prologue in Liege, Wiggins kept himself out of trouble in a crash-festooned first week. He then took charge of the overall classification after stage seven to La Planche des Belles Filles, and then took his first Tour stage win in the time trial two days later. Wiggins’ grip on the yellow jersey tightened in the Alps and Pyrenees, where the combined effort of the two Brits dispensed their rivals with an air of cool calm. Any doubt of which of the two talented riders should be leading Sky was dispelled on the final time trial, when Wiggins obliterated the field, winning by well over a minute over Froome, who himself had put in a stellar ride to place well ahead of Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank). And to cap it all off for Great Britain and Sky, Mark Cavendish took his fourth consecutive victory on the Champs-Élysées, his third stage win of the 2012 Tour and his 23rd in total. Podium: Chris Froome (Team Sky), 3-21; Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale), 6-19 KOM: Thomas Voeckler (Europcar)
Points: Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) Giro d’Italia: Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) A nip-and-tuck battle between Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) ultimately led to the closest Giro finish for almost 40 years, as Hesjedal became the first Canadian – and only the second non-European – to win the Italian Grand Tour. The lead changed hands between the two rivals four times as they battled for supremacy, with the Garmin-Barracuda rider snatching the lead on the final day time trial, overturning a 31-second deficit in the process. It was a race of seconds from day one in Herning, Denmark, with neither rider able to put any significant time into the other, but the three time trials (two individual, one team) were ultimately enough to give Hesjedal the edge. The race was a disaster for the home nation, who failed to place a rider on the podium for the first time since 1995, but it was a huge success for the Giro itself, which successfully bounced back from 2011’s disastrous edition. Podium: Joaquin Rodriguez (Katuhsa), 16s; Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM), 1-39 KOM: Matteo Rabattini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia)
Points: Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha)
2011
Vuelta a España: Juan José Cobo (Geox-TMC)
Despite starting the race as a domestique for Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC), Juan José Cobo was the surprise winner of the 2011 Vuelta – though the highlight for British fans was second and third place for Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins (both Team Sky). It was the first time a Brit had stood on a Grand Tour podium since Robert Millar in the Giro d’Italia 24 years earlier.
Wiggins was team leader for Sky and led the race going into stage 15, but Cobo’s brilliant attack on the Angliru proved too much for British hopeful.
In fact, it was Froome who looked the stronger and, like Cobo, he was soon to move from domestique to GC contender. A win on stage 17 proved the Kenyan-born rider’s Grand Tour credentials, but he couldn’t shake the Spaniard and was left 13 tantalising seconds adrift of the race lead – a margin that remained all the way to Madrid.
Podium: Chris Froome (Team Sky), 13s; Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), 1-39
KOM: David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Points: Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
Tour de France: Cadel Evans (BMC)
A memorable race saw Cadel Evans (BMC) become the first Australian to win the Tour de France, while Mark Cavendish (HTC) became the first Brit to win green.
Fan favourite Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) held the lead from stage nine, successfully defending it through the Pyrenees and even into the Alps.
Cycling Weekly commented after the race that “seldom has the yellow jersey been defended with such rigour and worn with such pride“. He held on until stage 19, when the big contenders upped their game with Paris in sight.
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) took yellow from Voeckler on Alpe d’Huez, with his brother Frank in second, but that left the penultimate day’s time trial – and with Evans just 57 seconds off the lead, a win for BMC looked highly likely. Sure enough, the Australian blew the Luxembourgers away, and the race was in the bag. All that remained was the now-standard win in Paris for Cavendish, as he claimed his third successive win on the Champs-Élysées.
Podium: Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek), 1-34; Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek), 2-30
KOM: Samuel Sánchez (Euskatel-Euskadi)
Points: Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad)
Giro d’Italia: Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD)
A race that began in farce and hit a tragic low in its first week, the 2011 Giro was ultimately decided in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It was, in short, every cycling fan’s worst nightmare.
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) began the race despite the prospect of a suspension following his positive drug test after the previous year’s race. His win – by a margin of more than six minutes – was overturned in 2012. In Milan, Cycling Weekly predicted that his eventual suspension would render the race “a huge waste of time“, and so it proved.
Unfortunately not everything that happened in the 2011 Giro could be as easily undone as removing Contador from the record books. A horrific crash on the Passo del Bocco descent on stage three cost Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt (Leopard-Trek) his life. Numerous tributes took place during the race, including the neutralisation of the following day’s stage, which became a procession in Weylandt’s memory.
Podium: Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale), 46s; John Gadret (AG2R), 3-54
KOM: Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
Points: Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD)
2010
Vuelta a España: Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
Aged 25, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) stepped up from a rider of great potential to the real deal, as he became the first Italian to win the Vuelta a España for 20 years.
A fabulous race looked to be a three-way battle between Nibali, Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobea-Galicia), with the three tussling for position with only seconds to spare across the second half of the race.
Rodriguez, who held the lead by 33 seconds going into stage 17’s time trial, couldn’t keep up against the clock, which left Nibali in red and narrowly ahead of Mosquera.
Spaniard Mosquera wasn’t going down without a fight, however, and the Vuelta came to every Grand Tour’s perfect climax – a head-to-head battle between the two race leaders on a diabolically steep summit finish.
Mosquera attacked with five kilometres to go seeking to gain the 50 seconds he needed to take the race lead, but Nibali closed the gap to leave the two riders locked in combat as the road tipped ever steeper. The Spaniard accelerated again, stretching around a dozen seconds ahead, before the Italian hit back to catch him with 100m to go.
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) followed up his outstanding Tour de France with three stage wins, securing the points classification in the process.
Podium: Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobea-Galicia), 41s; Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) 3-02
KOM: David Moncoutie (Cofidis)
Points: Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia)
Tour de France: Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank)
Luxemboug’s Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), twice a runner-up in the Tour de France, benefitted from Alberto Contador’s positive drugs test to claim the first Grand Tour win of his career.
A close-fought race had came down to the penultimate day’s time trial as Contador (Astana) looked to defend the narrowest of leads over Schleck. Just eight seconds separated the two riders going into stage 19, and though the Spaniard was always the better rider against the clock, the margin was too small to take anything for granted. Schleck gave it one hell of a go, posting a two-second advantage at the first time check, but he ultimately faded over the 52km stage, leaving Contador with a 39-second gap in Paris.
Sprinter Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) once again had a Tour to remember, posting five stage victories including a win on the Champs-Élysées, although the green jersey went to Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese).
Denis Menchov (Rabobank) finished third, but was later disqualified due to irregularities in his biological passport.
Podium: Samuel Sánchez (Euskatel-Euskadi), 3-01; Jurgen Van den Broeck (Omega Pharma), 6-15
KOM: Anthony Charteau (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
Points: Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese)
Giro d’Italia: Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
A thrilling, rollercoaster race ended with a win for Ivan Basso (Liquigas), claiming his second Giro d’Italia victory four years after his first.
An eventful opening week began with a stage win for Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), not just his first Grand Tour stage win but the first ever by a British team.
Three stages in the Netherlands caused criticism after cluttered street furniture led to countless crashes, and it was a similar story on stage seven, where Wiggins, Carlos Sastre (Cervélo-TestTeam) and pink jersey holder Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) all lost time on treacherously muddy gravel roads.
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) kept the lead until stage 11, when an epic 56-man breakaway turned the race upside down. With Astana playing a game of brinkmanship with Liquigas, the peloton allowed the break to stretch 17 minutes down the road, and the leading group finished with more than 12 minutes’ advantage over the likes of Nibali and Vinokourov. It was enough to put Grand Tour rookie Richie Porte (Saxo Bank) into the pink, and the race was wide open.
Mountain followed mountain and David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne) took the race lead on stage 14’s ascent of Monte Grappa, before Liquigas made their decisive move on stage 19. Riding hard from the off, Basso’s team destroyed the peloton on the iconic Mortirolo until just him, Nibali and Michele Scarponi (Androni-Giocattoli) remained – and ultimately it proved enough for overall victory.
Podium: David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne), 1-51; Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), 2-37
KOM: Matthew Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Points: Cadel Evans (BMC)
2009
Vuelta a España: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne)
Perhaps it wasn’t the most thrilling of wins, but 29-year-old Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) certainly wasn’t complaining when he took his maiden Grand Tour victory after a defensive performance that saw him best compatriot Sammy Sanchez (Euskatel) by 50 seconds.
Valverde edged ahead of Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) to take the race lead on stage nine and doggedly defended his gold jersey all the way to Madrid.
Slowly extending his lead in seconds here and there rather than in any explosive big stage win, the Spaniard also benefited from some good fortune along the way. Evans, Valverde’s most dangerous challenger in the time trials, punctured at a critical moment on Sierra Nevada and lost over a minute. By the time he fought back in the time trial, the powerful Caisse D’Epargne team had a stranglehold over the race.
Others, like Sanchez, Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo-Galicia) suffered from injuries and/or a lack of consistency. In a supremely difficult yet somewhat peculiar Vuelta, none of the riders who finished in the top eight overall managed to win a single stage. Podium: Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel), 50s; Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), 1-32
KOM: David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Points: André Greipel (Team Columbia-HTC)
Tour de France: Alberto Contador (Astana)
Alberto Contador‘s purple patch continued, as he completed his third Grand Tour win in two years with an emphatic victory in the Tour de France.
For British fans, the big story was an incredible performance by Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-HTC), who won a staggering six stages during the race – including his first win on the Champs-Élysées. The green jersey went to Thor Hushovd (Cervelo-TestTeam) – partly thanks to a relegation for the Manxman on stage 14 for blocking the Norwegian in the sprint for the line. Nevertheless, Cav cemented his place as one of the biggest stars of the modern peloton.
In the GC, a tight race exploded into life on the first Alpine stage, where Contador attacked on the ascent of Verbier and left his rivals in tatters. Only Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) looked to have any chance of keeping pace with the Spaniard in the mountains, but he was no match for Contador against the clock, and after the time trial on stage 18 he was more than four minutes behind.
Contador’s Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong finished third but was later disqualified, promoting Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) to stand (in the record books at least) as the first British podium finisher on the Tour de France.
Podium: Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank), 4-11; Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-SlipStream), 6-01
KOM: not awarded (Franco Pellizotti disqualified)
Points: Thor Hushovd (Cervelo-TestTeam)
Giro d’Italia: Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
On the rain-soaked streets of Rome, as Denis Menchov (Rabobank) celebrated a nail-biting win on a last-day time trial, this seemed like a close-fought Giro that would be remembered for years. Menchov crashed in the final kilometre and scrambled to his feet, hoping to stave off a valiant charge from second-placed Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes). He did just enough – but ultimately his win would be overshadowed by further developments after the end of the race.
It subsequently transpired that Di Luca had failed two tests for a variant of EPO during the Giro; he was banned and stripped of his second place, promoting Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Doimo) from third. But a year later, an investigation into Pellizotti’s biological passport resulted in his disqualification too.
The top-10 of the 2009 Giro would ultimately make grim reading. In addition to Di Luca and Pellizotti, Tadej Valjavec (AG2R) in eighth and Lance Armstrong (Astana) in tenth would also be disqualified.
Podium: Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam), +3-46; Ivan Basso (Liquigas), +3-59 (Danilo Di Luca and Franco Pellizotti disqualified)
KOM: Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
Points: Denis Menchov (Danilo Di Luca disqualified)
2008
Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador (Astana)
It was one for the record books. Alberto Contador (Astana) went one better than his legendary compatriot Miguel Indurain to become the first Spaniard to win all three Grand Tours. The fifth rider overall, he was also the youngest to achieve the feat, at just 25.
Just as in his Giro d’Italia win earlier in the year, Contador bided his time and took advantage when his rivals slipped up. Tour winner Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) blamed in-fighting with manager Bjarne Riis on a lacklustre performance. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) went back for extra clothing at the base of a dangerous descent and lost three minutes when Astana upped the pace.
Contador’s team were undoubtedly the strongest in the race. They delivered him to the right place on the race’s toughest climb, the Angliru, to allow him to blast clear and take the leader’s jersey. And the next day the Spaniard went again to win his second successive stage. There was a week still to go, but the race was effectively in the bag.
Podium: Levi Leipheimer (Astana), 46s; Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), 4-12
KOM: David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Points: Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto)
Tour de France: Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank)
It felt like it had been a long time coming. Carlos Sastre had already recorded three Grand Tour podium finishes and two fourth places before he finished on the top step at last.
He did, however, have a quiet start to the race, making few headlines as the Tour passed through the Pyrénées. In fact it was his teammate Frank Schleck who took the yellow jersey on stage 15, with Sastre placed fourth.
The Spaniard had his eye on the queen stage, however, attacking at the base of Alpe d’Huez to establish a 84-second advantage over Schleck, and – crucially – a further 10 seconds over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto). Evans was expected to ride strongly in the penultimate day’s time trial, but Sastre held him off to claim a Grand Tour at last.
Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) finished third in the GC and also topped the mountains classification, but his blood sample tested positive for a variant of EPO in October. He was stripped of his 2008 Tour results, and no riders were ever promoted to either the podium or the polka dot jersey.
Podium: Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), 58s; third place not awarded
KOM: not awarded (Bernhard Kohl disqualified)
Points: Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
Giro d’Italia: Alberto Contador (Astana)
Alberto Contador (Astana) became the first non-Italian winner of the Giro d’Italia for 12 years when he claimed his second Grand Tour victory in 2008. Two TTs – including the final stage – proved decisive. The Spaniard went into the last day just four seconds ahead of Riccardo Riccò (Saunier-Duval – Scott), but he ultimately finished the race almost two minutes clear.
The race began to take shape when Italian road race champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick-Step – Innergetic) finished stage six in an 11-man escape group more than 11 minutes clear of the peloton. He held the leader’s jersey until the race entered the high mountains, at which point Contador trailed Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) by just five seconds. Contador took over the lead when Bosisio blew up on the following stage, and he would ultimately claim the GC without winning a stage.
Podium: Riccardo Riccò (Saunier-Duval – Scott), 1-57; Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre), 2-54
KOM: Emanuele Sella (CSF Group–Navigare)
Points: Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
2007
Vuelta a España: Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
If you’re looking for a dominant Grand Tour win, look no further than Denis Menchov, who in 2007 scooped the mountains jersey as well as the overall win – and only a final sprint win for Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) denied him the points jersey too. Although Menchov was awarded the 2005 Vuelta after Roberto Heras’s doping disqualification, this was the Russian’s first win on the road.
Following a strong time trial on stage seven, Menchov took the leader’s gold jersey at the ski station in Cerler on stage nine, and from then on the race was in his pocket as he proved himself unarguably the strongest rider on show.
Podium: Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), 3-31; Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel), 3-46
KOM: Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
Points: Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
Tour de France: Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)
A race that began in London finished with the tightest podium ever on the Tour de France – and the arrival of a young rider by the name of Alberto Contador.
Once again it was a race blighted by doping controversies. Alexandre Vinkourov (Astana) failed a test indicating blood doping after his win in the individual time trial. His team was asked to leave the race by ASO president Patrice Clerc, and quit the following day.
Confidis withdrew its squad (including Bradley Wiggins) after Cristian Moreni tested positive for exogenous testosterone on stage 11, and race leader Michael Rasmussen was suspended by his own team after winning stage 16. Rabobank said that the Dane had failed to notify the team of his whereabouts out of season, and had missed out-of-competition doping controls.
The scandals tarnished Contador’s overall win, who at 24 became the youngest victor since Jan Ullrich in 1997.
The race culminated in a 55.5km time trial with Contador leading Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) by 1-50 and Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) by 2-49 – both of whom were considerably better against the clock. The stage went down to the wire but Contador proved his will to win, eventually retaining a 23s lead over Evans, and 31s over Leipheimer.
Leipheimer was subsequently stripped of his result following the investigation into doping at US Postal Service.
Podium: Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), 23s; Carlos Sastre (CSC ProTeam), 7-08
KOM: Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld)
Points: Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic)
Giro d’Italia: Danilo di Luca (Liquigas)
A dominant team performance by Liquigas gave Danilo di Luca the overall win in the 2007 Giro.
His previous best result was fourth in 2005, but from the moment Liquigas won the opening team trial, they were in control. Two more stage wins for di Luca followed, and the team held the pink jersey for all but four days of the race.
Alessandro Petacchi was utterly dominant in the sprints, winning five stages overall, but he was ultimately disqualified from the race. After his win on stage 11 he was found to have high concentration of salbutamol in his urine; he had an exemption to allow him to take asthma medication, but this was in excess of the permitted concentration. He received a year’s suspension, and was stripped of his results from the Giro.
Podium: Andy Schleck (CSC ProTeam), 1-55; Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana), 2-25
KOM: Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval)
Points: not awarded (Alessandro Petacchi disqualified)
2006
Vuelta a España: Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
A day after his 33rd birthday, Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov bounced back from the disappointment of missing the Tour de France to claim the first Grand Tour of his career.
In what turned out to be a head-to-head battle with Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne), the Astana man gradually turned the screw in the latter stages, turning around a 1-42 deficit to claim the yellow jersey on stage 17. A one-two with teammate Andrey Kashechkin the following day left Vinokourov with more than 50 seconds’ advantage, and a peerless win in the penultimate day’s individual time trial brought the Kazakh to Madrid in the leader’s gold jersey.
Podium: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne), 1-12; Andrey Kashechkin (Astana), 3-12
KOM: Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel)
Points: Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole)
Tour de France: Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Epargne)
A chaotic yet thrilling Tour de France unfortunately ended just as it begun… with failed dope tests, acrimony, and a sport in disgrace.
The start list was decimated by the fallout from the Operación Puerto doping case, which caused 13 explusions the day before the first stage.
Direct casualties included Giro winner Ivan Basso (Team CSC), Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) and Alberto Contador (ONCE-Eroski). Alexandre Vinokourov wasn’t part of the scandal itself, but was prevented from racing because his Astana-Würth team was left with fewer than six riders on the start line.
With Lance Armstrong retired, none of 2005’s top five finishers raced in the 2006 edition.
The race itself went down to the wire, with less than 90 seconds separating Floyd Landis (Phoank) from Oscar Pereiro (Casse d’Epargne) and Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile). Most memorable of all were two epic mountain stages, the 16th and 17th of the race; first, in a 182km stage that included the Col du Galibier and Col de la Croix-de-Fer, Landis lost eight minutes and slipped from first to 11th place overall.
The following day, the American roared back, riding solo for 120km to finish almost six minutes clear and pull himself back to third place in the GC. Two stages later, he won the individual time trial and claimed a simply incredible overall win.
Unfortunately, however, it was all too good to be true. A blood sample taken from Landis after his solo win tested positive for testosterone. Within days of his Paris victory, his win was tarnished, and he was subsequently disqualified from the race, leaving Pereiro as the race winner.
Podium: Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile), 32s; Carlos Sastre (CSC), 2-16
KOM: Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
Points: Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
Giro d’Italia: Ivan Basso (Team CSC)
Grand Tour wins don’t come much more crushing than this dominant performance by Ivan Basso in his home race. In pink as soon as the Giro hit the mountains on stage eight, he went on to win two more individual stages as well as the team time trial.
No rider came close as Basso cruised home with nearly 10 minutes over his nearest challenger to take his first Grand Tour GC victory.
Podium: José Enrique Gutiérrez (Phonak), 9-18; Gilberto Simeoni (Saunier Duval–Prodir), 11-59
KOM: Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick-Step-Innergetic)
Points: Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step-Innergetic)


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Chris Hughton is relieved the spectacle of Brighton & Hove Albion's Premier League bow is out of the way and they can concentrate of masterminding their survival.
The Seagulls' return to the top flight after 34 years away has captured global interest since finishing second in the Championship last season.
The fact that their opening game with against title favourites Manchester City stirred up more interest with the match then also being selected for live television broadcast.
The media foray has been intense as anticipation and excitement grew in the build up to the season opener.
But with that now done, manager Hughton is hoping things might calm down as they look to bounce back and pick up their first win against Leicester City on Saturday.
He said: "I must admit there is a little element of that. It is understandable from the history of this club and it being our first game in the Premier League that it was going to be a big occasion.
"I think it would have been a big occasion whoever it was, but the fact it was Manchester City made it bigger. My responsibility is to make sure we are a Premier League team next season and the hard work that goes with that.
"It's a very tough league and what you have to be able to do is park these defeats quickly and look forward to the next one, because there are no easy one that's for sure.
"We have to make sure we have a squad by the end of this window that can compete in this division.
"You can't change the quality sides have got and what we have, but you are reliant on discipline in the side. You are reliant on the shape and of course reliant on getting the breaks."

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BOSTON (AP)  A purported psychic who charged an elderly Massachusetts woman more than $3.5 million for exorcisms and "spiritual cleansing" has pleaded guilty to evading taxes.
Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Sally Ann Johnson of south Florida ran businesses that claimed to offer "psychic readings" and "spiritual cleansing and strengthening."
Between 2007 and 2014, prosecutors say a Martha's Vineyard woman paid Johnson more than $3.5 million for services that claimed to rid the woman of demons.
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Question: Natalie Wood's drowning now investigated as a 'suspicious death'

(CNN) The drowning of actress Natalie Wood has long been one of Hollywood's great mysteries but authorities say they are now investigating her death as "suspicious" after new witnesses came forward.
Wood, a top-tier actress who starred in "West Side Story" and "Splendor in the Grass," died in 1981 after falling into the ocean off Catalina Island in California while boating with husband Robert Wagner and friend Christopher Walken. She was 43.
Police had initially ruled Wood's death as accidental but years later, bruises on Wood's body led the Los Angeles County coroner's office to change the cause of death from "accidental drowning" to "drowning and other undetermined factors."
In 2011, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department reopened its investigation into Wood's death , saying they had been contacted by people claiming to have "additional information" about the drowning.
On Thursday, authorities said that after reviewing more than 100 tips, they obtained new witnesses statements that "portray a new sequence of events on the boat that night."
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(AP File Photo). FILE - In this April 23, 1972 file photo, actor Robert Wagner and his former wife, actress Natalie Wood, pose at the Dorchester Hotel in London, England. Investigators are now calling Wagner a "person of interest" in the 1981 death of ...
(AP Photo/File). FILE - A Dec. 1, 1981 file photo shows actress Natalie Wood. Investigators are now calling 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner a "person of interest" in the 1981 death of his wife Natalie Wood. Mystery has swirled around Wood's death. It w...
(Photo by Todd Williamson /Invision/AP). FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file photo, Robert Wagner attends The Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors 31st Annual Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. New witnesses have emerged in the 1981 drowning of actres...
(AP Photo/Paul J. Harrington, File). FILE - This Nov. 30, 1981 file photo shows the "Prince Valiant," the inflatable dinghy used by Natalie Wood, moored at the harbor in Avalon, Calif., after it washed up on the rocks on Santa Catalina Island. Patrolme...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mystery of the death of acclaimed actress Natalie Wood has endured for nearly four decades as the investigation has ebbed and flowed like the tides off a California island where her body was found floating on Thanksgiving weekend 1981.
Renewed interest came this week when the lead detective in the case said her widower, actor Robert Wagner, now 87, is considered a person of interest.
Here's a look at what's known about the death and the investigation over the years.
ALL ABOARD
The body of Wood, 43, was found off Catalina Island, a scenic getaway about 30 miles south of the Los Angeles-area coastline. The three-time Academy Award nominee who starred in "West Side Story" and "Rebel Without a Cause" couldn't swim. She was wearing a red down jacket and nightgown.
She had been drinking heavily aboard a yacht with her husband and with actor Christopher Walken, who was filming the thriller "Brainstorm" with Wood. The only other person aboard was the boat's captain.
Wagner, who was starring at the time in the TV drama "Hart to Hart," has denied any involvement in his wife's death, and no charges have been filed.
THEORIES FROM TWO KEY WITNESSES
Wagner wrote in a 2008 memoir that he and Walken argued that night. Walken went to bed and Wagner stayed up for a while, he wrote. When he went to bed, he noticed his wife and a rubber dinghy that had been tied to the yacht were missing.
"There are only two possibilities," Wagner wrote, "either she was trying to get away from the argument, or she was trying to tie the dinghy. But the bottom line is that nobody knows exactly what happened."
Walken has said little publicly over the years about the incident and has offered brusque replies at times when pressed. However, he told Playboy in 1997 that he thought Wood was probably half-asleep and slipped, hit her head and fell from the dinghy.
"Anybody there saw the logistics - of the boat, the night, where we were, that it was raining - and would know exactly what happened," Walken said. "You hear about things happening to people - they slip in the bathtub, fall down the stairs, step off the curb in London because they think that the cars come the other way - and they die. You feel you want to die making an effort at something; you don't want to die in some unnecessary way."
CHANGING INVESTIGATION
Authorities initially ruled the death an accidental drowning, but that changed. They reopened the investigation in 2011 after the boat's captain, Dennis Davern, said he heard the couple arguing the night of her disappearance.
The Los Angeles coroner's office amended Wood's death certificate in 2012 to include "drowning and other undetermined factors."
The change was due in part because investigators couldn't rule out that some of the bruises and marks on Wood's body happened before she went into the water, according to the report. Wood wasn't wearing a life jacket, had no history of suicide attempts and didn't leave a note.
The report also revealed that investigators hadn't preserved Wood's fingernails to determine if she had tried to claw her way back into the dinghy. Scratch marks were found on the craft's hull.
When the case was reopened, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. John Corina said Wagner was not a suspect.
This week, Corina told CBS News that he didn't believe Wagner had told the whole story about what happened and called him a person of interest in the case.
Initially, a sheriff's spokeswoman downplayed the report Thursday and said there was nothing new in the case. But later, the department issued a statement confirming that Wagner is a person of interest.
"Do we have enough to make an arrest at this moment? No," spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said.
WHAT WALKEN AND WAGNER TOLD INVESTIGATORS
Investigators made at least 10 attempts to interview Wagner again after reopening the investigation in 2011, including tracking him down in Colorado. But either Wagner or his lawyer refused.
Wagner's attorney, Blair Berk, issued a statement five years ago saying neither Wagner nor his daughters had any new information and blaming people for trying to exploit the 30th anniversary of Wood's death.
"Mr. Wagner has fully cooperated over the last 30 years in the investigation of the accidental drowning of his wife in 1981," Berk said at the time. "Mr. Wagner has been interviewed on multiple occasions by the Los Angeles sheriff's department and answered every single question asked of him by detectives during those interviews."
At the time, Corina said Walken gave a prepared statement and spoke to detectives for an hour.
Detectives also interviewed other actors who knew Wagner and Wood to learn more about their relationship.
NEW WITNESSES COME FORWARD
New witnesses interviewed since the case was reopened gave statements that "portray a new sequence of events on the boat that night," said Nishida, the sheriff's spokeswoman.
One witness described hearing yelling and crashing sounds coming from the couple's stateroom, she said. Shortly afterward, other witnesses heard a man and woman arguing on the back of the boat and believe the voices were those of Wood and Wagner.
Those statements differ from the version of events originally provided by witnesses, including those who were on the boat, she said.
In the past, people on boats moored near the yacht have provided witness statements.
Wagner's publicist, Alan Nierob, declined to comment Thursday.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India's government has asked WhatsApp to take immediate action to prevent the social media site from being misused to spread rumors and irresponsible statements like those blamed for recent deadly mob attacks.
At least 20 people have been killed in mostly rural villages in many Indian states by attacking mobs that were inflamed by social media. Victims were innocent people accused in the viral messages of belonging to gangs trying to abduct children.
India's ministry of electronics and information technology said in a statement late Tuesday the lynchings were tied to "irresponsible and explosive messages" circulated on WhatsApp. It wasn't specific on preventative measures it expected.
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Port Moresby Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website’s effect on the country. Communication minister Sam Basil said users posting pornography and false information would be identified. He also suggested the country could set up its own rival social network. Facebook has faced scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and has been criticised over the way it has tried to tackle fake news. Although only about 10% of people in Papua New Guinea have internet access, the country is proving proactive in its regulation of online services.


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CHICAGO — Cushman & Wakefield today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Investment Bank will serve as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. will also serve as joint book-running managers for the offering.
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Dropbox, Inc. (DBX) will issue 36 million shares between $16 and $18 Friday on the Nasdaq. With customers including News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA), Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H), Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA) and Expedia Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE), Dropbox provides synchronized content storage across devices.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)  A lawsuit over restrictions on talk about homosexuality in Utah classrooms has been settled after the state changed the law in a case that sets the stage for challenges to similar measures in other states, LGBT-rights groups said Friday.
Attorneys said the rules banning "advocacy of homosexuality" created a culture of silence for LGBT students, making them feel like they weren't worthy of respect or discussion.
"This is going to make the climate in Utah schools so much better," National Center for Lesbian Rights attorney Christopher Stoll said.
The Utah Attorney General's Office said state attorneys were pleased to work with the group Equality Utah and settle the case in a way that makes sure Utah public-school students aren't discriminated against, said spokesman Dan Burton in a statement.
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Several other states still have similar measures on the books, including Arizona, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas, Stoll said.
The Utah law passed in 2001 was originally aimed at sex-education classes, but it had also been cited in other cases, like when a book about lesbian mothers was pulled from a school-library shelf in 2013.
The plaintiffs also said the rules blocked teachers from protecting a 7-year-old boy from bullies who beat him and burned him on a hot slide because he sometimes wore girls' clothes. The boy's mother was told school staff couldn't tell other kids it was OK to be gay or wear girl's clothes, according to the lawsuit filed last fall.
The settlement includes a safety plan for that child and policy changes at Weber County schools, as well as unspecified cash compensation, Stoll said.
Lawmakers voted in March to change the law to ban "advocacy of premarital or extramarital sexual activity," rather than homosexuality. Republican leaders in the conservative state said the change lets LGBT students know they are welcome while still making it clear teachers should not promote sex outside marriage.
The legal settlement was finalized after the Utah State Board of Education also changed its policies.
Clifford Rosky with Equality Utah, which was also a plaintiff, said in a statement those changes make it clear "every student in Utah public schools is entitled to an education free from all manner of bullying or discrimination."

Included in the noon newscast:
— Governor signals support for bill eliminating requirement for concealed weapons permits to carry handguns in SC.
— Gov. McMaster also suggests staffing issues to blame for recent prison inmate murders.


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