Sentence examples for second consecutive stage from inspiring English sources

Petacchi, winning his second consecutive stage, took the leader's jersey from Mark Cavendish of Britain.

Three days later, after its second consecutive stage win, in which its leader, Simon Gerrans, took the yellow jersey, the team has become the toast of the 100th Tour.

Sanchez, riding for Rabobank, won his second consecutive stage to earn a 10-second time bonus that lifted him above Wiggins, who was awarded the same time.

Geraint Thomas is vowing to battle on in the Tour de France after riding through a second consecutive stage with a fractured pelvis.

Sagan claimed his second consecutive stage win as he beat Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet of BMC and France's Tony Gallopin of RadioShack to take victory in the 190km third stage.

Britain's Ben Swift is cruelly pipped to the line by Germany's Marcel Kittel, who celebrates his 26th birthday with a second consecutive stage victory after timing his sprint to perfection.

(Reuters) ZABEL WINS STAGE 4 IN TOUR OF SPAIN: Erik Zabel of Germany won the fourth stage of cycling's Tour of Spain from Leon to Gijon, edging Oscar Freire of Spain in a sprint finish for his third consecutive stage victory.

A second consecutive group stage exit from the World Cup, though, killed off the footballing revolution at a stroke.

A1 SPORTS D1-8 Armstrong's Lead Grows Lance Armstrong won his second consecutive mountain stage in the Tour de France, expanding his overall lead to 2 minutes 28 seconds.

That was enough to allow Voeckler to take over the lead from Thor Hushovd, a Norwegian with Garmin-Cervelo, who had held the yellow jersey since Stage Two on July 3. On Sunday, riders traveled 208 kilometers, or about 130 miles, across the Massif Central, from Issoire to Saint-Flour, in the second consecutive hilly stage, after an opening week of mostly flat riding.

Cunego took the race's third consecutive mountain stage in 4 hours 4 minutes 23 seconds for his second stage win.