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                    [Title] => Questions answered
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The 2014 Vuelta a España consist of  21 stages, yet, on the eve of stage 20, it was still touch and go at least to the overall leadership, going into the final stage, a 9.7km individual time trial.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366733 [Title] => Who’ll own the 2014 Vuelta a España? [Summary] =>

This year is not a good year for the contenders of the Grand Tours. 2013 Vuelta a España Champion Chris Horner was hit by a car during training.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420521 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346091 [Title] => Half-wheeling [Summary] =>

Stage 8 was probably the most difficult stage for this years Tour.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1133909 [AuthorName] => Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343445 [Title] => Riders to watch in TdF Yellow jersey [Summary] =>

As far as I’m concerned, there are only three- Defending champion Chris Froome (Sky), former champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1341238 [Title] => Controversy looms for 101st Tour de France [Summary] =>

Tour de France defending champion Chris Froome is feeling the pressure ahead of Saturday's start to the 2014 race.

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In any competition, when you are playing catch up, you have to take risks. Alberto Contador has been known to be a risk taker when he’s behind. In last year’s VueltaaEspana, everybody thought that Purito Rodriguez was just waiting for the fat lady to sing. But on stage 17, Contador made a bold move that that no one foresaw that netted him the Vuelta.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136083 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 983991 [Title] => TourAnalysis Finally, Contador attacks! [Summary] =>

In a world of should’ve and would’ve, Luis Ocaña should’ve won the 1971 Tour, and Eddy Merckx shouldn’t have won his third Tour. Ocaña had been magnificent in the mountains and was leading Merckx by 7min going into the 14th stage.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435501 [AuthorName] => JV Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963015 [Title] => Can someone stop team SKY? [Summary] =>

Chris Froome doesn't look pretty when he's on his bike.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1133909 [AuthorName] => Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 899456 [Title] => Contador says Armstrong admission may help sport [Summary] =>

Alberto Contador, a two-time winner of the Tour de France who was stripped of a third title for using a banned substance, says cycling needs to take something positive from the Lance Armstrong scandal and move forward.

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I always believed that in a Grand Tour, the race can be lost on the flat stages and won on the mountains or during time trials.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420326 [AuthorName] => Jose Vicente 'JV' Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) ) )
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