Nicholas Roche

Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Specialized SL4 SRAM RED

Posted on February 4, 2013 by geraldine

Three of the World’s Best Pro road teams have made their drivetrain chose for 2013: SRAM RED. They picked the best performing components to help them win all types of races from the Classics to the Grand Tours. Jason Phillips, European SRAM Road Sponsorship Manager, took the opportunity of being at the Santos Tour Down [...]

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Roche Fights for a Top Ten at Le Tour

Posted on July 20, 2012 by michael
Roche has been close to the best climbers throughout the 2012 Tour (Watson)

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Nicholas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale) began the 2012 Tour de France with a top 10 placing in mind, the Irishman (and shares dual citizenship in France) currently sits within 68 seconds of that goal. Slipping into the top 10 will undoubtedly be a battle as he currently sits in front of two veterans (Kloden, Horner [...]

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Riders and Rituals of the Tour de France’s “Race of Truth”

Posted on July 11, 2012 by geraldine

The individual time trial (ITT) is always a unique challenge for riders. Often referred to “the race of the truth”, the ITT is a nervous stage as riders are completely self-reliant in the race against the clock. Before each start, teams and riders go through very particular rituals unique to the time trial, many of [...]

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