Sentence examples for finished a stage from inspiring English sources

But even in early morning, "the cyclists coming over the bridge have looked like they've just finished a stage in the Tour de France," he said.

He received his Oscar earlier in the day from Ben Kingsley, who handed him the statuette in London, where Mr. Jones had just finished a stage performance of "Driving Miss Daisy".

In 1991, Ronan Pensec, a French rider, left the Seur team, which had not been invited to the Tour, and joined Amaya, which had, just before the start, mainly so that he could be there when the Tour finished a stage in his hometown in Brittany.

For example, BoxMaker lets you watch replay videos of people who've already finished a stage.

In 2011, Cavendish was allowed back in the race after finishing a stage almost 36 minutes behind the leader, Andy Schleck.

Froome probably knows the rule stipulating that riders must be with their bikes when they finish a stage.

His pleas to be allowed to finish the closing 20 kilometres the following day fell on the deaf ears of jobsworth race officials and he was removed from the race for failing to finish a stage.

"I'm 50 years old," Cassani said, "and if I was the only one using this bicycle I could easily finish a stage in the Giro or a classic".

Several days later, while watching the Tour de France from the comfort of my couch, I found I could relate to the American cyclist Chris Horner — who, after finishing a stage despite a concussion, turned to his coach and asked: "I crashed?

Finishing a stage in a podium position having saved a huge moment and simply leaned on the odd Welsh pine to help you back onto the muddy track, or surviving Germany's fast, open countryside all four wheels intact despite the endless concrete blocks lining the roads will feel like genuine mini-triumphs.

Having been taken to hospital after gingerly finishing a stage he almost certainly should have been forced to abandon on medical advice, Fabian Cancellara was, for the second time this year, found to have two broken lower vertebrae and forced to withdraw.