# Nicolas Roche

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# Cycling

28th for Nicolas Roche as Slovenia's Roglic banishes time-trial demons to win Olympic gold

Roglic has bounced back from his collapse on the penultimate-stage time trial at last year’s Tour de France.

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Jul 28th 2021, 10:33 AM

# tokyo 2020

Irish challenge fades late on in road race as Richard Carapaz claims gold

Dan Martin led the battling Irish trio home.

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Jul 24th 2021, 10:31 AM

# Bern Winner

Dan Martin finishes 10th as brilliant Bernal wins 2021 Giro d'Italia

Bernal takes the maglia rosa ahead of Damiano Caruso and Simon Yates.

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May 30th 2021, 4:50 PM

# third

Nicholas Roche makes podium finish on latest stage of Giro D'Italia

The Irishman finished third, behind Italians Alberto Bettiol and Simone Consonni.

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May 27th 2021, 4:40 PM

# Giro d'Italia

Campenaerts wins Giro 15th stage as Bernal holds race lead

Dan Martin moves up to 12th in the GC after finishing with the main bunch.

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May 23rd 2021, 5:53 PM

# as it stands

Martin still 8th overall as Sagan prevails on stage 10

Fernando Gaviria was in second place with Italian Davide Cimolai in third.

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May 17th 2021, 6:11 PM

# as it stands

Dan Martin still 9th overall in Giro after stage 7

It means the Irish star is currently 47 seconds off race leader Attila Valter.

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May 14th 2021, 5:40 PM

# Wrap

Ewan wins Giro fifth stage as contender Landa out after crash

After today’s results, Dan Martin is 19th in the general classification, while Nicolas Roche is 58th.

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May 12th 2021, 9:55 PM

# Day 2

Roche and Martin in action again as Ganna holds leader's jersey at Giro d'Italia

Tim Merlier won a sprint finish for the second stage of the event.

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May 9th 2021, 6:15 PM

# in the pink

Filippo Ganna wins opening stage of Giro d'Italia on mixed day for Irish riders

Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin both took part in the 8.6km time-trial through Turin.

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May 8th 2021, 6:13 PM

# close contact

Roche forced out of Tour of Catalunya after contact with Covid-positive colleague

Roche finished 16th on Monday’s opening stage before his withdrawal.

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Mar 24th 2021, 8:51 AM

# race for the prize

Roche and Mullen feature as Ganna claims Italy's first world time trial crown on home soil

The Italian star pipped Belgium’s Wout Van Aert on home soil in Imola.

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Sep 25th 2020, 11:50 PM

# heating up

Yates clings to Tour de France lead amid mountain shake-up, Bennett claws back in green jersey battle

Sam Bennett and Nicolas Roche are flying the Irish flag.

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Sep 5th 2020, 6:15 PM

# Disappointment

Nicolas Roche crashes out of Vuelta a day after losing red jersey

The Irish cyclist initially tried to continue following the setback.

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Aug 29th 2019, 2:47 PM

# agonisingly close

Sam Bennett denied back-to-back Vuelta wins in photo finish, Roche remains in red

Dutch champion Fabio Jakobsen claimed victory on stage four.

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Aug 27th 2019, 5:26 PM

# big nic energy

Ireland's Nicolas Roche leads Vuelta after Stage 2

‘Just to be back in the leader’s jersey of a Grand Tour, I’m speechless.’

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Aug 25th 2019, 6:17 PM

# Le Tour

Home hero Alaphilippe stuns Thomas in Tour time-trial and extends overall lead

Ireland’s Dan Martin finished 33rd today and slipped to 11th in the general rankings while Nicolas Roche was 115th.

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Jul 19th 2019, 9:40 PM

# Review

Thomas shows Tour de France title desire as Teuns earns maiden stage win

Meanwhile, there were mixed fortunes for Ireland’s Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche.

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Jul 11th 2019, 8:39 PM

# TDF

Ireland's Nico Roche gets another shot at Tour de France success

The 34-year-old is selected by Team Sunweb for next month’s Tour.

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Jun 28th 2019, 5:07 PM

# Attack

Ireland's Nico Roche up to joint-second at Vuelta after late attack in the mountains

Roche is now just 36 seconds behind leader Chris Froome.

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Aug 29th 2017, 4:31 PM

# watching the wheels

Froome takes huge step towards Vuelta victory as Ireland's Roche sits in third

The Team Sky rider is aiming to become only the third man to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same year.

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Aug 28th 2017, 4:31 AM

# Mixed Fortunes

Chris Froome extends Vuelta lead as Nicolas Roche falls further behind

Tejay van Garderen moved up to second at 10 seconds after coming in just eight seconds behind the British leader.

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Aug 23rd 2017, 7:44 PM

# as it stands

Trentin wins fourth stage, Nicolas Roche still third at Vuelta

Meanwhile, Britain’s Chris Froome has maintained the overall lead.

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Aug 22nd 2017, 7:33 PM

# La Vuelta a Espana

Chris Froome climbs into the leader's jersey ahead of Nico Roche

Vincenzo Nibali won stage three of the Vuelta today.

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Aug 21st 2017, 5:37 PM

# Vuelta 2017

Ireland's Aqua Blue narrowly miss out on stage victory at the Vuelta à Espana

Nicolas Roche is fifth in the GC after Sunday’s second stage.

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Aug 20th 2017, 7:23 PM

# Vuelta 2017

Nico Roche's BMC win Vuelta time trial, Ireland's Aqua Blue finish 13th

Chris Froome and Team Sky finish fourth in Nimes time trial.

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Aug 19th 2017, 6:28 PM

# Tour de France

Dan Martin's podium hopes fade after brave challenge on final mountain stage

Chris Froome closes in on his fourth yellow jersey with strong ride up Coz d’Izoard.

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Jul 20th 2017, 4:58 PM

# TDF

Lucky 13! Marcel Kittel sprints to another stage victory at the Tour de France

Dan Martin finishes in main bunch to hold on to sixth place overall.

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Jul 11th 2017, 7:56 PM

# Le Tour

Roche finishes fourth as Calmejane fights off cramp to win his maiden stage

Dan Martin finished 13th, and remains fourth overall in the race for the yellow jersey.

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Jul 8th 2017, 4:50 PM

# Irish Eye

French celebrate dominant stage win as Martin moves up to fifth in Paris-Nice standings

Julian Alaphilippe stormed to victory on today’s time trial.

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Mar 8th 2017, 6:15 PM

# Tuesday

We'll Leave it There So: Roche criticises Wiggins, Dunphy lambasts O'Neill and all today's sport

Plus, Maria Sharapova was back on court for the first time after her doping ban was reduced.

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Oct 11th 2016, 8:02 PM

# Rough Ride

'We're disappointed with 13th, we're gutted, but it just shows how far Ireland has come'

Irish duo Martin and Roche give it their all in blistering road race conditions.

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Aug 7th 2016, 6:45 AM

# sky's the limit

Irish cyclist Nicolas Roche to leave Team Sky at the end of the season

Roche will also take part in the Men’s road race in the Olympic Games this weekend.

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Aug 1st 2016, 12:43 PM

# Disappointment

Nicolas Roche not included in Team Sky's line-up for Tour de France

Former winner Stephen Roche’s son was not named on the team, lead by defending champion Chris Froome.

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Jun 22nd 2016, 1:54 PM

# thursday

We'll Leave it There So: Roche triumphs at Vuelta, Grealish reports and all today's sport

Meanwhile, Louis van Gaal has suggested Ryan Giggs will be his successor as Man United manager.

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Sep 10th 2015, 8:02 PM

# Podium finish

Ireland's Nicolas Roche has won today's stage at the Vuelta a Espana

The Team Sky rider crossed the line first after a sprint finish.

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Sep 10th 2015, 5:40 PM

# as it stands

Ireland's Nicolas Roche had to recover from a bad crash at the Vuelta today

Meanwhile, Italian Kristian Sbaragli claimed his first Grand Tour victory in a sprint finish.

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Aug 31st 2015, 10:36 PM

# rotten luck

Dan Martin's Vuelta a Espana is over after nasty crash

The Irishman has gone to hospital after a collision during today’s stage.

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Aug 29th 2015, 5:54 PM

# Impressive

2 Irish cyclists are in the Vuelta's top 4 as it stands

Meanwhile, Caleb Ewan celebrated the biggest win of his career.

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Aug 26th 2015, 10:15 PM

# So so close

Another close finish at the Vuelta ends in disappointment for Nicolas Roche

That’s two top-five finishes for the Irishman in the space of three days.

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Aug 25th 2015, 9:40 PM