Sentence examples for tour pressure from inspiring English sources

Though he was seen by many as a possible future star on the ATP Tour, pressure took its toll.

He said the original demand last year from Le Tour Entier pressure group – led by the four-time former Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington with multiple world champion cyclists Marianne Vos and Emma Pooley – for a women to ride the same, full Tour de France route as the men was unrealistic.

"A giant step forward for women's cycling and one that athletes, teams and the public will undoubtedly support," said the triathlete Chrissie Wellington, one of the founders of the Le Tour Entier pressure group which has been behind the campaign for parity launched in July.

But he seemed unimpressed with himself in the aftermath and he was irked by the tour's pressures.

Yet this week, as news broke of the singer's hospitalisation in the psychiatric ward of UCLA, reportedly for stress and exhaustion following a week of erratic behaviour on stage and the subsequent cancellation of his tour, the pressures on hip-hop artists to conceal mental health vulnerabilities have come under almost unprecedented scrutiny.

"Delgado was my big worry," says Roche. "But I went into the Tour without any pressure.

It is surprising that more players on tour don't pressure their opponent's second serve by running around it to hit a forehand instead of a backhand return – especially in the ad court, where more game-ending points are played.

I guess I belong here.' " Vegas had no trouble making a case for his belonging on the Tour during the pressure of the final round Sunday when, stalking Watson, he tried to read a long, difficult putt at the sloping green at the par-3 11th.

This is why the Tour is under pressure to be seen to take action.

The Beijing Olympic silver medallist does not see herself as a political beast, but she has worked passionately and persistently to develop women's cycling - she is part of Le Tour Entier,  the pressure group that convinced Tour de France organisers to revive a women's race at the event.

Burk also said that some executives from corporations that are involved in sponsoring PGA Tour events had pressured Finchem at a recent meeting at Sea Island, Ga., to change the Tour's policy.