Exhausted Wiggins now knows he can win the Tour

[bianchigirl]

Wiggins rode his luck on a TT heavy course where the Pyrenees were virtually non existent and he was fortunate to be on one of the better TTTteams. Next year the Pyrenees will be the centrepiece of the race according to Prudhomme so unless Wiggins learns to attack with Contador rather than being star struck by Armstrong I don't rate his chances. 4th place was an extraordinary achievement but I don't see signs that Wiggins can do anything special enough to win a GT.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Wiggins rode his luck on a TT heavy course where the Pyrenees were virtually non existent and he was fortunate to be on one of the better TTTteams. Next year the Pyrenees will be the centrepiece of the race according to Prudhomme so unless Wiggins learns to attack with Contador rather than being star struck by Armstrong I don't rate his chances. 4th place was an extraordinary achievement but I don't see signs that Wiggins can do anything special enough to win a GT.

Totally agree. Wiggins has to prove himself again if he wants to be counted as a gc contender. Wiggins is in a similar predicament as Mosquera. Mosquera has proved himself once at a gt. He'll need to prove himself again at the Vuelta. The easier pyreenees, the team time trial and the lack of mountain top finishes was a perfect course for him.

 

[beroepsrenner]

IMHO I dont think he can ever win the tour. If you can believe his own hype regarding non doping then I would put him in the same catagory as CadEv. Very good at riding defensively but without the right "fuel" will never be able to deliver the long powerful attacks in the real mountains required to put serious time into the real contenders.

 

[thehog]

Having finished 37 seconds behind the third-placed Lance Armstrong in Paris, Wiggins recognises that avoidable errors might have cost him a place on the podium. "We made so many mistakes in the Tour and yet I was only seconds off third," he said, referring to the split on stage three that Armstrong infiltrated and Wiggins missed and also that he neglected to reconnoitre any of the stages.

"I don't think Lance is a better athlete than me any more," Wiggins said. "He probably used to be but not any more. He played it well tactically and didn't miss a beat during the race, from the split on day three to winning the team time trial [in which Wiggins's Garmin team were second, having shed most of their riders]. I was stronger than him in the time trials and on certain mountain stages." Rumours continue to circulate that he could be one of the 10 riders still to be signed by Team Sky for 2010.

"I think [there's more to] come next year. I'll go into the race with more self‑belief, a bit more confidence, having looked at the course beforehand and checked out the mountain stages. I never imagined I'd finish fourth this year so it's a bit like finishing sixth in the individual pursuit about eight years ago. That made me think I could actually beat [Australia's] Brad McGee."

 

[BroDeal]

Having finished 37 seconds behind the third-placed Lance Armstrong in Paris, Wiggins recognises that avoidable errors might have cost him a place on the podium. "We made so many mistakes in the Tour and yet I was only seconds off third," he said, referring to the split on stage three that Armstrong infiltrated and Wiggins missed and also that he neglected to reconnoitre any of the stages.

"I don't think Lance is a better athlete than me any more," Wiggins said. "He probably used to be but not any more. He played it well tactically and didn't miss a beat during the race, from the split on day three to winning the team time trial [in which Wiggins's Garmin team were second, having shed most of their riders]. I was stronger than him in the time trials and on certain mountain stages." Rumours continue to circulate that he could be one of the 10 riders still to be signed by Team Sky for 2010.

"I think [there's more to] come next year. I'll go into the race with more self‑belief, a bit more confidence, having looked at the course beforehand and checked out the mountain stages. I never imagined I'd finish fourth this year so it's a bit like finishing sixth in the individual pursuit about eight years ago. That made me think I could actually beat [Australia's] Brad McGee."

Wow, this guy is delusional. He is measuring his performance against a fossil like Armstrong in a TdF with no real mountain stages. He should be figuring out how he plans to beat Andy Schleck and Contador, both of whom rode circles around him on Ventoux.

 

[blackcat]

Wow, this guy is delusional. He is measuring his performance against a fossil like Armstrong in a TdF with no real mountain stages. He should be figuring out how he plans to beat Andy Schleck and Contador, both of whom rode circles around him on Ventoux.

he will go to Sky, they will be more expedient than Vaughters and Garmin, and allow 3 doctors.

 

[Jacques Tati]

Wiggins talking about Simpson

"then thought more vividly of Tom and how he must have felt that last day. It was like a reason not to give up"

1) The tour can be traumatic and he's telling people what he thinks they want to hear by gushing this garbage, he needs counselling. What has happened to this generation of Brits?
2) Tom Simpson was off his face on speed and ****ed, he probably had a blast and died with a smile on his face

cromagnon....YOU DIS-RESPECTFUL TOSSER!!