Sentence examples for five consecutive tours from inspiring English sources

Victory belonged to the team, he explained, not to any one rider, not even its leader and the winner of five consecutive Tours de France.

Great champions, especially Miguel Indurain, who won five consecutive Tours last decade and who is an idol to Armstrong, have occasionally let a companion in a long attack win at the line while they consolidated their lead.

There was so much certainty in Phil Liggett's voice yesterday as he declared Andreas Klöden the winner of Stage 17 of the Tour de France that a viewer was tempted to wonder if Liggett, an Outdoor Life Network announcer, has not recognized that after winning five consecutive Tours, Lance Armstrong can do what he wants when he wishes.

Wiggins's boyhood idol Miguel Indurain won five consecutive Tours between 1991 and 1995, and won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Armstrong has displayed the service's name and logo on his jersey during each of his five consecutive Tour de France victories.

There has been plenty: Nadal's nine Grand Slam singles titles, Miguel Indurain's five consecutive Tour de France victories from 1991 to 1995; a world championship in men's basketball; Alonso's Formula One titles in 2005 and 2006; the European and now the World Cup titles in soccer.

Armstrong has won three consecutive Tours de France.

Armstrong won the first of his seven consecutive Tours in 1999.

Armstrong won (sic) seven consecutive Tours de France by cheating, yes, but he was also the master tactician.

Now retired, Armstrong, 39, is not likely to be schmoozing about the old days, not since Hamilton publicly accused him on "60 Minutes" of systematically cheating to win his seven consecutive Tours from 1999 through 2005.

He was a marked man ever since daring to win seven consecutive Tours, beating out assorted Europeans and Americans, some of whom would be tossed out for doping while Armstrong never quite tested positive for anything.