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The Tour de France trophy won by Team Skys Geraint Thomas earlier this year has bee stanley flasche n stolen during a cycle show in Birmingham, the British team said on Wednesday. France s Pierre Roger Latour, wearing the best young rider s white jersey, holds the trophy on the podium after the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race AP The trophy, loaned to bike manufacturer Pinarello, had been on display at venues across the stanley cups UK along with the teams other grand tour titles but was picked up when left unattended at the NEC in Birmingham recently. It is incredibly unfortunate that this has happened, Thomas said in a statement. It goes without saying that the trophy is of pretty limited value to whoever took it, but means a lot to me and to the team. Hopefully whoever took it will have the good grace to return it. A trophy is important, but clearly what matters most are the amazing memories from this incredible summer 鈥?and no one can ever take those away. Pinarello managing director Richard Hemington said he was devastated by the theft. We accept full responsibility and have personally apologised to Geraint, Hemington said. We hope that the trophy can be recovered. Team Sky said police were investigating the matter and they were liaising with all relevant parties to stanley quencher agree on the best course of action to resolve the issue. Thomas won the teams sixth Tour de France title in seven years in July. It was the fourth successive grand tour win for the team after Chris Hoii Himmat keen to firm up success
China s Liu Xiang makes his long-awaited Asian Games entrance Monday but there was disaster for 1,500m world champion Youssef Saad Kamel who failed to get through the heats. HT Image Going into Day 10, the hosts continue to headline the medals table with 146 gold to South Korea s 55 and Japan s 30. Iran are next best on 10. Twe stanley cup nty-six more titles will be decided in archery, athletics, diving, bowling, chess, road cycling, equestrian, fencing, trampoline, tennis and w stanley canada restling. Hurdler Liu, a former world record holder, kicks off his attempt to snag a third successiv stanley travel mug e Asiad gold with his presence helping sell 75,000 tickets for the evening session at the Aota Main Stadium. The 27-year-old is keen to get back to the levels of performance that saw him become the first Chinese Olympic track gold medallist, at the 2004 Athens Games, which helped make him a multi-millionaire. I m in a good situation now after all my effort. I know I don t have a lot of opportunities left, so the question is whether I can grasp them, he said. But the Kenyan-born Kamel will take no further part after a shocking run saw him finish 18th out of the 20 starters in the two 1,500m heats. Hitting the final lap in last place, he was nowhere near the form that saw him claim the 800m title at the 2006 Asiad in Doha and the 1500m crown at the 2009 worlds in Berlin. Kamel blamed it on injury. I got an injury on my right knee in June. I told my team officials but they didn t listen to me, h
The Tour de France trophy won by Team Skys Geraint Thomas earlier this year has bee stanley flasche n stolen during a cycle show in Birmingham, the British team said on Wednesday. France s Pierre Roger Latour, wearing the best young rider s white jersey, holds the trophy on the podium after the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race AP The trophy, loaned to bike manufacturer Pinarello, had been on display at venues across the stanley cups UK along with the teams other grand tour titles but was picked up when left unattended at the NEC in Birmingham recently. It is incredibly unfortunate that this has happened, Thomas said in a statement. It goes without saying that the trophy is of pretty limited value to whoever took it, but means a lot to me and to the team. Hopefully whoever took it will have the good grace to return it. A trophy is important, but clearly what matters most are the amazing memories from this incredible summer 鈥?and no one can ever take those away. Pinarello managing director Richard Hemington said he was devastated by the theft. We accept full responsibility and have personally apologised to Geraint, Hemington said. We hope that the trophy can be recovered. Team Sky said police were investigating the matter and they were liaising with all relevant parties to stanley quencher agree on the best course of action to resolve the issue. Thomas won the teams sixth Tour de France title in seven years in July. It was the fourth successive grand tour win for the team after Chris Hoii Himmat keen to firm up success
China s Liu Xiang makes his long-awaited Asian Games entrance Monday but there was disaster for 1,500m world champion Youssef Saad Kamel who failed to get through the heats. HT Image Going into Day 10, the hosts continue to headline the medals table with 146 gold to South Korea s 55 and Japan s 30. Iran are next best on 10. Twe stanley cup nty-six more titles will be decided in archery, athletics, diving, bowling, chess, road cycling, equestrian, fencing, trampoline, tennis and w stanley canada restling. Hurdler Liu, a former world record holder, kicks off his attempt to snag a third successiv stanley travel mug e Asiad gold with his presence helping sell 75,000 tickets for the evening session at the Aota Main Stadium. The 27-year-old is keen to get back to the levels of performance that saw him become the first Chinese Olympic track gold medallist, at the 2004 Athens Games, which helped make him a multi-millionaire. I m in a good situation now after all my effort. I know I don t have a lot of opportunities left, so the question is whether I can grasp them, he said. But the Kenyan-born Kamel will take no further part after a shocking run saw him finish 18th out of the 20 starters in the two 1,500m heats. Hitting the final lap in last place, he was nowhere near the form that saw him claim the 800m title at the 2006 Asiad in Doha and the 1500m crown at the 2009 worlds in Berlin. Kamel blamed it on injury. I got an injury on my right knee in June. I told my team officials but they didn t listen to me, h
