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Contador – from Abandon to Podium

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On the 14th of July, during the 10th stage of the 2014 Tour de France, after 20km of battling on, nursing a leg injury (later discovered to be a fractured tibia), bruised, battered, wet and covered in road rash, a dejected Alberto Contador finally admitted defeat and climbed in to the Tinkoff Saxo team car. His …

Speed takes time…

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When the 2014 Tour de France route was unveiled, almost a year ago, Tinkoff Saxo knew one thing – the individual TT would be the stage where they had most to gain or lose.  What they needed was for every last piece of equipment to give Alberto Contador the best possible aerodynamic advantage. Sportful spent …

Tinkoff Saxo choose Sportful as clothing sponsor for another 3 years

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Tinkoff Saxo choose Sportful as clothing sponsor for another 3 years Sportful and Tinkoff Saxo are delighted to announce that our contract as technical clothing supplier will continue for another 3 years. Sportful have provided clothing for the team since 2010 when Bjarne Riis chose the company to clothe Team Saxo Bank. As one of the longest standing partners, during the past …

Drinks all round – the Sportful ‘bottle vest’

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In this year’s Tour de France you may have noticed a Tinkoff Saxo rider moving up through the peloton distributing bottles from his unusual black ‘bottle vest’. It’s a simple innovation for a problem that has been in the peloton for as long as anyone can remember, a ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’ invention …

Hell and High Water – The ‘Fiandre’ hits Flanders : TDF 14

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They thought the weather in England was going to be the problem… When the route for the 2014 Tour de France was announced many of the teams had one thing on their mind – ‘British weather’. The variable summer weather of the British Isles had the pros fighting over their rain bags to make sure they …

On Tour with Tinkoff Saxo

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Following the hugely successful Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire here are some of the highlights from our UK representative Paul Whitfield – The Tour de France is a 3-week stage race – you might have heard of it?! It’s one of the most revered sporting events in the world; the stages in the …

Behind the scenes with Tinkoff Saxo

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There’s no denying the appeal and interest that the TDF generates, each stage is a the equivalent of a sporting “soap opera” 21 stages, only 3 short of what Kiefer Sutherland / Jack Bauer goes through…  While the racing maybe compelling, it’s perhaps the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, the small details that …

Inside the Tinkoff Saxo ‘Rain Bag’

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Next time you find yourself riding the Tour de France and starting in Yorkshire, you’ll need to take extra care in packing your rain bag. Or in the case of the Tour de France, you actually put a bag in each of the two team cars. SciCon makes this easy for the Tinkoff Saxo riders …

Tinkoff Saxo reveal special edition 2014 Tour de France Sportful kit

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Sportful are excited to announce the launch of the Tinkoff Saxo 2014 Tour de France team kit. For this year’s race the team have decided to switch the ‘Tinkoff yellow’ to a bold fluorescent yellow to help avoid confusion with the tour’s historic Maillot Jaune leaders jersey and to make the riders stand out in …

Contador Day – the best Monday ever…

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