Sentence examples for trial on stage from inspiring English sources

He came third in the time trial on stage one in Monaco, 19 seconds behind 's Cancellara and one behind Contador.

Stage 17 gives the sprinters Mark Cavendish a chance of another win, then it's a fascinating 20.6km uphill time trial on Stage 18.

It may not be until the 33km (21-mile) time trial on stage 11 in Normandy that the first clear leader emerges.

Froome, who has also won two mountain stages, made up for missing out last week when he was edged by Tony Martin in the first time trial on Stage 11. "This is incredible for me," Froome said.

During the 25.8-mile time trial on Stage 9, in the hills near Besançon, France, Cancellara held the lead in the late afternoon before Wiggins came through and bested the Swiss rider's time by more than a minute.

Froome was equally impressive in the individual time trials, finishing second by 12 seconds to the world champion time trialer, Tony Martin of Omega Pharma-Quick Step, then winning a shorter mountain trial on Stage 17. Tall and gangly, Froome is not a thing of beauty on the bike.

Ulissi won stages five and eight of last month's Giro d'Italia, and finished second in an individual time-trial on stage 12, in a race won by Colombia's Nairo Quintana, but he later withdrew from the race with a sore throat and fever.

Trial runs on stage 2A began on 24 February 2003 and opened on 29 May.

Froome will be licking his lips at the two time trials – 37km on stage 13 and 17km on stage 18 – although neither is flat, which will lessen his chances of gaining huge chunks of time on Quintana and Contador.

Froome is firm favourite to win the race for the second year running, with only an 18.5km time trial to contest on stage five.

Cardiff-born Thomas was sixth in the opening stage, third in the second stage time trial and fifth on stage five before leading most of the mountainous 12th stage and winning the combativity award.