Recent content by williamp78

To twist the question a little; Which is bigger? Being Olympic champ is bigger to the general public. Being World champ is bigger to the cycling fan. Nicole Cooke won both within a few weeks of each other in 2008; can someone ask her to settle this!?

Re: Which is why we all be watching on the edge of our seats duting the TT (or following the text updates while in work as is the case for me)

Thats a no then!?

Was it an eight and a half hour stage!?

The wheels look different sizes to me

Read this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faster-Obsession-Science-Fastest-Cyclists-ebook/dp/B00IUMCCUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410893927&sr=8-1&keywords=faster

Random question; but why in general are the time gaps so much smaller on the climbs in la vuelta compared for example to the climbs in le tour?

Froome may be very light but he still produces a lot of watts. If he didn't then he wouldnt be such a good time triallist. Pure mountain goats would be very vulnerable for the reason you state; but guys like pozzovivo or even quintana aren't here. Going to hopefully be pretty epic no matter...

Nice, simple but classy at the same time. I quite like the stripes on the shorts too; nice touch

His english interview was also brilliant. He started talking about the Prudential Tour (old version of the tour of britain) which he rode with chris boardman years ago during which he helped chris boardman remove sheeps wool from his bike after a stage!! A stage in which he won the king of the...

What are the chances that the crowds are so thick that, like today, it will be almost impossible to attack on the climbs?

I assumed it must of been someone from french media; thanks

Who's the guy presenting with jill douglas? Also, bit more snazzy than what we had in belfast for the giro!

I don't know this for a fact but I think all prize money is pooled together and split equally between the team. I think Wiggos prize money was split fine; it was actually his win bonus from the team (or sponsors) that he withheld from Froome but gave to the rest of the team. This would have...

I assume its probably something to do with the category of his racing licence? And Michael Hutchinson who "won" the elite was joking earlier in the week on twitter that he definitely wouldn't be catching the rider in front of him this year; that rider being Ryan Mullen