Tag: Bradley Wiggins
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Bradley Wiggins doesn’t like descending in the wet
That’s my conclusion after he lost a bunch of time on stage seven. Maybe he should spend less time climbing volcanoes in Tenerife and more time skittering around in Lancashire, near home. Bradley Wiggins fell off his bike on a corner and he lost a minute and a half on his main rivals. It’s worth…
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Bradley Wiggins loses 17 seconds
Team Sky made out that Bradley Wiggins had lost time on stage four because he’d been caught behind a crash. This was true, but it’s also true that he was in a position where that was more likely to happen. The peloton was stretched like cooked mozzarella due to high speeds on the run-in to…
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Wiggins and Froome – defensiveness on the road and off it
Does anyone else wish that Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome would just knock it off? They both know that wattage speaks louder than words, so why all this public campaigning to be the designated team leader at the Tour de France? What’s going on? It’s primarily Wiggins’ fault. He’s been doing it all year. Whenever…
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Bradley Wiggins’ preparations for the Giro
In 2012, Bradley Wiggins won pretty much everything going as he built towards the Tour de France and the Olympics. In 2013, he’s not had the same success. “We all want to win bike races in the same way we want to be able to moonwalk at a party. But it’s not always possible.” This…
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Is Bradley Wiggins going to ride Liege-Bastogne-Liege?
No. Turns out he’s not bothering. Although the Monument was one of his stated targets for the season, he’s going to ride the four-day Giro del Trentino instead as he looks to build fitness ahead of next month’s Giro d’Italia. The Giro del Trentino offers pretty good preparation for the Giro as it takes place…
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Joaquim Rodriguez – meet Froome and Wiggins
Chris Froome has won his first stage race, the Tour of Oman, and a mighty impressive win it was too. He took the lead on stage four on Green Mountain, putting time into Cadel Evans, Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali, and then won the following day to extend his lead by a few seconds thanks…
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Bradley Wiggins’ opinion of Lance Armstrong
A lot of people are bemoaning the fact that current cyclists haven’t been too outspoken about Lance Armstrong. According to Popbitch, Bradley Wiggins was asked about the matter at Dubai Rugby Sevens Weekend and answered: “If anyone is wearing one of those yellow cock-rings, I am coming and tearing it off.” Apparently, he’d had a…
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Will Bradley Wiggins ride the 2013 Tour de France
Maybe. But sounds like he won’t be racing to win. He’s got other aims: “I’m probably going to concentrate on the Giro d’Italia next year. For me, along with Paris-Roubaix, it’s the only race on the calendar that’s up there with the Tour de France for its history. It’s just beautiful and I’d love to…
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Seven cycling highlights for Great Britain from the London 2012 Olympics
Great Britain has been successful at cycling in previous Olympic Games, but I can’t imagine that they’ll ever do as well as this again. Britons should really stop and wallow in this while they can. They changed the format of track cycling for the 2012 Olympics and many people felt it was to prevent GB…
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Bradley Wiggins – how many Olympic medals?
Seven. Seven Olympic medals. Four gold, a silver and two bronze. Bradley Wiggins has won more Olympic medals than any other Briton. Even more impressively, this isn’t one of those gargantuan medal hauls that comes about from the particular nature of the sport. It’s not like the swimming where if you’re good at freestyle you…