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                    [Title] => Shark infested waters
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Stage 5 was either a classic or a carnage, depending on your view. It was a stage that was not suited for a grand tour rider but a specialist like Fabian Cancellara or a Tom Boonen.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-11 03:37:31 [ColumnID] => 136083 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835450 [Title] => Britania rules the cycling seas [Summary] =>

In the Tour de France, the Union Jack continued its dominance.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420326 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente 'JV' Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 757319 [Title] => Buying a win [Summary] => Alexander Vinokourov was one of the more exciting riders in the peloton, even though his facial demeanor said otherwise. [DatePublished] => 2011-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420521 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704853 [Title] => 2011 TDF Tour de Crash [Summary] =>

I hope that the Tour de France have realized what a huge mistake they have made when they stretched the mountain stages into the middle of the 3-week race.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435508 [AuthorName] => JVA [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702888 [Title] => Farrar gets his "W" [Summary] =>

After two frustrating years in the Tour de France, Tyler Farrar has finally got the win that was due him.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284416 [AuthorName] => Dr. Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600668 [Title] => Musical chairs [Summary] =>

When Andy Schleck, the 2010 Tour de France runner-up, announced during the race that he and his older brother, Frank, would be leaving their team, Saxo Bank, I thought it was the beginning of the end of Bjarni Riis, the 1996 TdF champion who owned the team.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420521 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 596693 [Title] => Tour de France: Contador is King again [Summary] =>

The 2010 Tour de France is over and Alberto Contador was able to defend his title although not in the way he would want it to be.

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There is an unwritten rule in cycling that says that you can’t take advantage of the misfortune of others.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136084 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 591010 [Title] => Tour De France: Unlucky Lance [Summary] =>

A lot of folks had ambiguous thoughts about the Tour de France having a stage pass through the ancient cobblestones (13km in all!) that is part of the greatest one-day race in the world, Paris-Roubaix. Some said that it shouldn’t have been included while some said it adds to the excitement of the race.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 573420 [Title] => Giro d'Italia [Summary] => The second biggest stage race in the world after the Tour de France started last Friday but the top three finishers of last year are not there to contest for the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey). [DatePublished] => 2010-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420521 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) ) )
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