Category: Tour de France
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Bradley Wiggins’ body fat
Cyclists’ bodies are famously freakish. Thighs, lungs and hearts are enormous, while the arms and torso tend to be all emaciated. For such fit people, they can look damn sickly. Bradley Wiggins is 6ft 3in (190cm) but only weighs 10st 9lbs (69kg). In terms of body fat, he said he was down to four per…
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Bradley Wiggins quotes from the 2012 Tour de France
Bradley Wiggins isn’t media-trained. It shows. He’s worth listening to. As a result of this, I thought it might be worth bringing together just a few of his best quotes from over the course of the 2012 Tour de France. What does he think about the people on social networks who point fingers regarding doping.…
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One yellow jersey – many owners
As defining images go, you’d think it would be difficult to beat the moment 1km from the finish of the final stage of this year’s Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins, in his yellow jersey, led. The entire peloton trailed behind him. However, there was a better moment and it came just a few seconds afterwards.…
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Bradley Wiggins – mean and average
I own a yellow T-shirt. I think I might wear it tomorrow in honour of the man attached to Bradley Wiggins’ sideburns. After another walloping time trial, Wiggins seems set to become Britain’s first Tour de France winner. However, perhaps the most remarkable thing about all of this is the fact that even if a…
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Chris Froome sacrifices stage, Tour and self for Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky
This may be an exaggeration, but it’s not as ludicrous as it seems. Bouncing up the final climb of stage 17, Chris Froome seemed entirely unarsed by the gradient and more than capable of hauling in Alejandro Valverde. However, he opted to wait for Wiggins. Potential stage win lost. Froome also outperformed Bradley Wiggins in…
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Thomas Voeckler and his many faces
Physically, it looks like there’s something wrong with Thomas Voeckler. His torso’s too small and the effect’s compounded by the way he rolls and writhes on his bike, like he’s trying to work half a dozen acorns out of his arse crack using only his buttock muscles. Mentally, it look like there’s something wrong with…
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Bradley Wiggins is good enough in the mountains
Plenty of people are bitching and moaning about how no-one’s attacking Bradley Wiggins in the mountains. There seems to be an assumption that as Wiggins is a time triallist, the likes of Nibali and Evans will be able to gain some time in the Pyrenees. Well, that simply isn’t happening. If Nibali is better than…
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Rest day round-up – where everything stands in the Tour de France
A rest day today. Nowt going on. The riders will be cyling non-competitively for mere tens of kilometres, the lazy sods, so we’ll have to make do with taking stock of where we’re up to. Overall/yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins has a 2m 5s lead over his team mate, Chris “Froomedog” Froome. He has 2m 23s…
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Drawing pins on the road during stage 14
One thing with the Tour de France is that all sorts of shit can happen – not all of it strictly related to bike racing. Today some tool slat a load of drawing pins on the road. Cadel Evans hoovered up most of them. After his first puncture, the current champion was left flapping around…
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David Millar wins stage 12 for the old boys
I like David Millar. I follow him on Twitter and he seems pithy and intelligent. I’ve thought a few times that his sense of humour is more like that of someone my age. Turns out Millar is a year older than me. That would explain it. I am 34-years-old I returned to cycling after developing…