Wiggins, a man in love!

[Benotti69]

That depends; is there a vial of blood sitting in a freezer somewhere that could get him in the future ?, or does Pat have a file on any other retrospective TUES we don't know about ???

Or will a former teammate, ex soigneur, etc spill the beans in the future.

 

[King Boonen]

I am just going to borrow your earlier post and change some small details:

"People seem to be confusing the under-fire, stressed-out Olympic hope Victoria Pendleton who is fed up answering the same questions and dealing with the same accusations with the, witty, stylish, national treasure Victoria Pendleton who the British public will believe if she tells them bikes would be better with square wheels.

Take away the questions and scrutiny and Pendleto would be just fine as a pundit/commentator/expert for cycling on British television."

And you're going to be completely wrong, but thanks for playing.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

And you're going to be completely wrong, but thanks for playing.

Completely wrong? On what?
I have already stated he will be rolled out come Olympic time and may even do some track work.

What are you saying?

 

[King Boonen]

Completely wrong? On what?
I have already stated he will be rolled out come Olympic time and may even do some track work.

What are you saying?

You are completely wrong that changing Bradley Wiggins for Victoria Pendleton in my earlier post makes it applicable to her in the same way it was to him.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

You are completely wrong that changing Bradley Wiggins for Victoria Pendleton in my earlier post makes it applicable to her in the same way it was to him.

Actually, I meant it as a little humor.
That you believe I am "completely wrong" on this outdoes my attempt at humor.

 

[King Boonen]

Actually, I meant it as a little humor.
That you believe I am "completely wrong" on this outdoes my attempt at humor.

failure of a joke is down to the comedian.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

failure of a joke is down to the comedian.

Good point - next time I will use someones post that is humoress.

 

[sittingbison]

 

[sittingbison]

 

[Benotti69]

That reminds me, what happened to Wiggo's O rings love? He stopped using them this year?

 

[Avoriaz]

That reminds me, what happened to Wiggo's O rings love? He stopped using them this year?

Apparently sponsor pressure to use the Shimano. Not sure if this is true as Froome has been using O rings this year.

I think there are also compatability issues, which would suggest why more people aren't using them if they are as good as Talo says they are

 

[Benotti69]

Apparently sponsor pressure to use the Shimano. Not sure if this is true as Froome has been using O rings this year.

I think there are also compatability issues, which would suggest why more people aren't using them if they are as good as Talo says they are

Doubt that. Then Froome wouldn't be using them.

 

[Beech Mtn]

My climbing’s improved a lot. I’ve come off those silly [ovalised] rings now; I’m back on the normal o-rings, and it’s been a really good transition really. In doing what we’re doing for the Giro it can only benefit the Tour really, in terms of how much climbing’s in the Tour.”

Source

Jean-Louis Talo said that Wiggins (Team Sky), who recently ruled himself out of a defence of his Tour de France crown with a knee injury and illness picked up at the Giro d’Italia and who has swapped back to circular Shimano Dura-Ace chainrings, could have lost up to 30 watts since the switch.

<snipped>

Asked why Wiggins made the switch back – which occurred on a training camp in December 2012 – Talo suggested that financial pressure to have Wiggins using standard team sponsor material could be to blame.

<snipped>

This morning, Carsten Jeppesen, head of operations at Team Sky, denied the claim any pressure was bought to bear on Wiggins’ decision to switch back to Shimano Dura-Ace rings.

Jeppesen said: "Bradley has moved away from them because he didn’t feel they were giving him what he was after, it was nothing to do with pressure. A true winner, if he wants something, will get away with it.”

Source

 

[the sceptic]

I remember turning round and seeing my team-mate Dave Zabriskie, an American rider, who was still in the group. I was suffering but I pretended for one second that I wasn't. I looked at him as if I was just looking for a pint of milk on the top shelf in the supermarket.

He looked at me, as if to say, 'Is this guy for real?' and then I remember looking forward again and grimacing in pain. That evening at dinner, he said: "Dude I looked at you and I thought, 'Is this guy even trying?'" Those moments can break an athlete, especially when you're climbing.

I was going toe-to-toe with Lance Armstrong. He was always talking to me on these climbs. His tactic was to talk to you as if you were his best friend. Then he'd slip the knife in your back. He was the master of that. In some ways you learn from that.

You always have a camera on you when you're in the mountains, and you know that footage is going back to a team car, where Lance or Alberto Contador's manager is watching that, telling their riders that Wiggins is struggling so they should attack.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/30523006

 

[thehog]

Wiggins made the comments in an interview with British three-time Olympic track cycling medalist Victoria Pendleton on BBC Radio.

Wiggins, the first Brit to win the Tour de France in 2012 and a seven-time Olympic cycling medalist, initially finished fourth in the 2009 Tour. Armstrong also raced the 2009 Tour, the first of his consecutive comeback Tours following his 2005 retirement. Armstrong initially finished third, one spot ahead of Wiggins.

Armstrong was stripped of that result, along with his record seven Tour titles, due to doping during his career. (Armstrong has denied he doped in his 2009-10 comeback). That put Wiggins on the podium, retroactively.

“I finished fourth, or subsequently third, whichever way you look at Lance Armstrong in your life,” Wiggins said in the BBC Radio interview.

Wiggins, who hasn’t ridden the Tour since 2012 and likely won’t ever again, went on to discuss suffering in the Tour, a three-week, 2,000-mile stage race.

“It’s as much about destroying your competitors’ morale,” Wiggins said.

Armstrong proved quite talented in that respect.

“He was always talking to me on these climbs,” Wiggins said. “In the heat of the moment, he would go [American accent], ‘Wiggo, you even trying, man?’ … That was his tactic was to talk to you as if he was your best friend. He was incredible at that, almost befriending you, and then he’d slip the knife in your back. You could do that in the Tour de France when you’re climbing hour after hour on these climbs, giving you the impression that he wasn’t suffering.”

http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/18/bradley-wiggins-lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-cycling/

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Trying to distance himself from the "friendship" now?

Very curious.

 

[zlev11]

sounds like Lance played him like a fiddle.

 

[thehog]

Trying to distance himself from the "friendship" now?

Very curious.

I think he might still be in love.

 

[Wallace and Gromit]

Trying to distance himself from the "friendship" now?

Very curious.

There's about a minute devoted to Lance in a programme lasting nearly 2 hours, and that was in a section where Wiggo was talking about the differences between TTs and road races about bluffing when things hurt and how other riders may try and psyche you out. Wiggo sounds very chilled these days and even avoids anything more than a very subtle dig at Froome.

The programme is called "The Mind of a cyclist" and covers a whole range of stuff, though if anyone's interested in a hard hitting doping investigation then don't bother tuning in!

Victoria Pendleton is doing the interviews (with Wiggo and Chris Hoy) so no-one should bother tuning in if they don't like Queen Vic! There's also studio chat with Pendleton and Rob Hayles, who is exceptionally good value if you like your sense of humour more than 50% dry.

The best bit is Wiggo distancing himself from Steve Peters' inner chimp!

It's an agreeable way to pass an evening whilst writing Christmas cards, but nothing else.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lspecials

 

[The Hitch]

and Rob Hayles, who is exceptionally good value if you like your sense of humour more than 50% dry.

And thats not the first thing about rob hayles that's more than 50%

 

[the sceptic]

There's about a minute devoted to Lance in a programme lasting nearly 2 hours, and that was in a section where Wiggo was talking about the differences between TTs and road races about bluffing when things hurt and how other riders may try and psyche you out. Wiggo sounds very chilled these days and even avoids anything more than a very subtle dig at Froome.

The programme is called "The Mind of a cyclist" and covers a whole range of stuff, though if anyone's interested in a hard hitting doping investigation then don't bother tuning in!

Victoria Pendleton is doing the interviews (with Wiggo and Chris Hoy) so no-one should bother tuning in if they don't like Queen Vic! There's also studio chat with Pendleton and Rob Hayles, who is exceptionally good value if you like your sense of humour more than 50% dry.

The best bit is Wiggo distancing himself from Steve Peters' inner chimp!

It's an agreeable way to pass an evening whilst writing Christmas cards, but nothing else.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lspecials

I don't think anyone is expecting Wiggo to confess to his doping on live BBC.

 

[Wallace and Gromit]

And thats not the first thing about rob hayles that's more than 50%

Hence the reference...

 

[Wallace and Gromit]

I don't think anyone is expecting Wiggo to confess to his doping on live BBC.

Indeed, but the reference to Wiggo's interview was posted in the Clinic, which suggests some expectations of a doping related angle. We never get answers, but we sometimes get questions, so I was just highlighting that this wasn't one of those times.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

There's about a minute devoted to Lance in a programme lasting nearly 2 hours, and that was in a section where Wiggo was talking about the differences between TTs and road races about bluffing when things hurt and how other riders may try and psyche you out. Wiggo sounds very chilled these days and even avoids anything more than a very subtle dig at Froome.

The programme is called "The Mind of a cyclist" and covers a whole range of stuff, though if anyone's interested in a hard hitting doping investigation then don't bother tuning in!

Victoria Pendleton is doing the interviews (with Wiggo and Chris Hoy) so no-one should bother tuning in if they don't like Queen Vic! There's also studio chat with Pendleton and Rob Hayles, who is exceptionally good value if you like your sense of humour more than 50% dry.

The best bit is Wiggo distancing himself from Steve Peters' inner chimp!

It's an agreeable way to pass an evening whilst writing Christmas cards, but nothing else.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lspecials

Thanks for the context - always appreciate it. If they let me download it I'll check it out.

 

[The Hitch]

Indeed, but the reference to Wiggo's interview was posted in the Clinic, which suggests some expectations of a doping related angle. We never get answers, but we sometimes get questions, so I was just highlighting that this wasn't one of those times.

Well no, the interview, or at least the bit sceptic posted, is relevant for the clinic, because its another good example of clear PR Bull****.

wiggo portrayed those conversations with Lance in a totally different light before. They were a golden learning experience, talking with Lance was an honour, even after the TDF win in 2012 a full 3 years later he praised Lance Armstrong as having played the role of a mentor in the whole thing.

But the second it becomes politicaly expedient to do so he throws Lance under the bus at every turn. It happened overnight. August 2012 wiggo was still glorifying Lance, October 2012 he was claiming he always hated Lance and denied even racing with him.

And here he is in 2 years later, taking an event that happened, and altering the facts in order to get a little Lance hate into an interview so the sheeple go - oh look, he says he hates Lance, that means he must be clean.