Sentence examples for performance in the race from inspiring English sources

Top finishers, including the 1996 Tour winner Bjarne Riis, have admitted they used drugs to boost their performance in the race.

"All I can do now is put a stroke through the weekend, cross it off, but with the positive we showed what we could do with our performance in the race".

The closest any Briton has come to winning the race was in 2009, when Wiggins finished fourth in his breakthrough performance in the race, equalling the record set by the Scot Robert Millar 25 years earlier.

Timeform, Britain's best-known private handicapper, yesterday praised Kauto Star for producing "arguably the best performance in the race since Arkle" to win his second Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Friday, and "ending once and for all any doubt about his place among the greats".

"Technically, under the grounds of the appeal process, I didn't have any grounds to appeal, but they decided that my performance in the race at the weekend did warrant selection".

Kovalainen expressed his disappointment in finishing second, saying: Hamilton was satisfied with his performance in the race, saying "today was all about damage control: I came away with some points and kept my lead in the world drivers' championship".

L'Equipe presumably meant that after such strong individual performances in the race and in the season, it was only normal that Froome should hammer the opposition.

On that day, he gave one of the most memorable performances in the race's history, riding solo over three Alpine passes to set himself up for victory.

Kenny went out in the quarter-final to Sam Webster of New Zealand concluding a week which included a gold medal in the keirin and sixth in the team sprint, while Trott won the elimination race at close of play yesterday but will need to ride out of her skin in the two time trials and the scratch race to make up for a poor performance in the points race.

After Race 3 was canceled Thursday following Prada's disastrous performance in the second race, there were two questions early today.

C. elegans chronically exposed to ethanol, for 6 h up to 48 h, and then tested in the food race in the absence of ethanol, also exhibited impaired performance in the food race.