Sentence examples for breakaway position from inspiring English sources

There are eight back-row forwards chasing a maximum of half a dozen places in the final party, five of whom – Moody, James Haskell, Tom Wood, the Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw and the naturalised South African Hendre Fourie – have played serious rugby in the breakaway position.

At least King has started a couple of regional matches for the Ospreys in the breakaway position, as well as switching sides later in other matches.

Part of a late breakaway, he occupied third position on the road until the final moments, when Gilbert and his teammate Jurgen Roelandts surpassed him, leaving him fifth on the day.

In stage 10, Vinokourov figured in a winning breakaway, but his poor positioning in the four-man sprint finish meant the stage victory went to 's Simon Gerrans.

12.34pm BST The riders in the breakaway are now jostling for position to gain one point - yes, one - by reaching the top of Blubberhouses first.

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Russia has shown that it will use its dominant position in the breakaway areas to control the "parent" states and punish them if they do something Russia does not like.

Azerbaijani tanks shelled positions in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on Wednesday for the first time in more than 20 years, the region's rebel defence ministry said.

Russia, saying it needed to protect civilians, sent columns of troops into South Ossetia and a second breakaway region, Abkhazia, and then took positions deep in Georgian territory.

The Nationalists, led by former Vice President Lien Chan, and the second major opposition party, led by James Soong, a breakaway Nationalist, hope to improve their positions in the December elections.

Armstrong started that climb, the 11.8-kilometer (7.3-mile) Joux Plane in fine position just behind an early breakaway that was leading the stage.