Wiggins Discussion thread.

[TheBean]

Froome paid his dues and is now reaping the rewards.

Other than those who suspect he is juiced, has anyone heard a negative word spoken about him?

 

[Afrank]

Froome paid his dues and is now reaping the rewards.

Other than those who suspect he is juiced, has anyone heard a negative word spoken about him?

Plenty of negative words have been spoken about him. Just read through the Froome thread or any thread that was discussing him and you'll find plenty that dislike him for more then just clinic reasons.

 

[The Hitch]

According to kimmage a couple years ago Wiggins promised a photographer that he could get a photo of Wiggins. The photographer stayed for 3 days waiting. But Wiggins then refused.

Kimmage again expresses his suspicions about Froome.

Starts 27 mins 25 secs in.

http://www.newstalk.ie/player/listen_back/10/2493/10th_July_2013_-_Off_The_Ball_Part_1

 

[oldcrank]

Great to see Wiggo's ITT ride in Poland. Hopefully the
concussion or 'concussion-like' symptoms he has been
suffering from since being knocked off his bike by that
woman driver last year will no longer bother him as
he prepares for the World Championships.

 

[webvan]

Yep, a smashing performance in Poland, looks like he's going to be hard to beat at the World's !

 

[JRanton]

Yep, a smashing performance in Poland, looks like he's going to be hard to beat at the World's !

Perhaps. It's worth noting that the likes of Cancellara and Phinney would have been more affected than Wiggins by the efforts made on the previous stage(s) of the race. As a one day stand alone event the TT would have been much closer imo. Still a very strong performance by Wiggins. I still fancy Martin though and I bet Phinney won't be far behind him.

 

[Afrank]

Phinney is also building form, and Cance isn't focused on the TT anymore, Martin wasn't there also. So I wouldn't read too much into his win.

For the worlds TT, I expect Martin to be the big favorite and Phinney not far behind, Cance more focused on the RR. And think the winner will have come from the Vuelta.

 

[Pippo_San]

So what's gonna happen to our beloved Knight?

Little Richie is gonna go for the Giro crown.
Alien Froomey Dog is gonna trash everyone for the next 7 TdF.
Henao will stick to the Vuelta? Guess so.

Someone save the Quee...I mean the Knight!!!

 

[the sceptic]

So what's gonna happen to our beloved Knight?

Little Richie is gonna go for the Giro crown.
Alien Froomey Dog is gonna trash everyone for the next 7 TdF.
Henao will stick to the Vuelta? Guess so.

Someone save the Quee...I mean the Knight!!!

Commonwealth games next year. Maybe he will do the anatomic jock race too.

 

[del1962]

He will probably aim to win another Olympic Gold

 

[JRanton]

Wiggins is piling on the pounds:

Sir Bradley Wiggins is putting on weight in a bid to boost his chances of winning next month's world championship time trial in Italy.

The 33-year-old Briton expects to be considerably heavier when the time trial takes place in Florence on September 25 than he was when he won the 2012 Tour de France.

The extra weight will help him generate more speed on the flat roads, but will hinder him on undulating mountain terrain.

Wiggins said: "It has been a complete contrast. It was always a compromise training for time trialling because I always had to be so light.

"Now we have gone completely the other way and are trying to put weight on. It has been nice.

"My climbing will be affected by it massively and by the time we get to the worlds, I am going to be seven or eight kilos heavier than when I won the Tour last year.

"I noticed it in Poland. Carrying an extra stone in weight is hard but once you get into the time trial - and I won the time trial by a minute - it pays off."

http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/8867046/

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Wiggins is piling on the pounds:



http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/8867046/

There's no need for Wiggins to lose the weight for the time trial, sounds like he has one eye on Paris Roubaix already to me.

 

[willbick]

He's trying to turn into maggie backstedt

 

[Aristarchus]

He's trying to turn into maggie backstedt

Magnus is an inspiration to Clydesdales everywhere

But Wiggo has a long way to go to carry that kind of weight

 

[Teddy Boom]

Magnus is an inspiration to Clydesdales everywhere

But Wiggo has a long way to go to carry that kind of weight

Wiki has him at 94kg
(he couldn't have raced at that weight?!)

 

[Pippo_San]

Wiki has him at 94kg
(he couldn't have raced at that weight?!)

Well I don't know about Magnus...but how about Dario Pieri? Guess he was near that weight

 

[Teddy Boom]

Well I don't know about Magnus...but how about Dario Pieri? Guess he was near that weight

Yikes, he's thick!

Here's some data (source):

"EROS POLI of Saeco and Mercatone Uno !
Eros is 6' 4" and weighs in at 198 lbs.
Eros was lead out man for Chippo back in the early to mid 1990's.
He also won a very famous stage at Mount Ventoux in 1994."
Tallest competitive cycling pro in the last twenty years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_Poli

Dario Pieri (Ita) 1.82 m 93 kg
2003 2nd Paris-Roubaix, E3-Harelbeke semi-classic in Belgium in 2002, finished second at the 2000 Ronde Van Vlaanderen and won stages at the Tour of Langkawi and the Three Days of De Panne in 1998.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /aug05news
http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/438.html

Med check before 2005 TDF
The heaviest rider is Magnus Backstedt (SWE - LIQ) - 95kg
http://www.letour.fr/2005/TDF/LIVE/us/200/depeches.html

 

[JimPanzen]

Winning worlds ITT would somehow save Wiggins' season.

It'll be between Wiggo and Tony I guess. Can't forget Phinney or Cance either.

On the one hadn I hope Wiggins does something great after all the senseless abuse he had to take, on the other hand I hope Tony wins this.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Winning worlds ITT would somehow save Wiggins' season.

It'll be between Wiggo and Tony I guess. Can't forget Phinney or Cance either.

On the one hadn I hope Wiggins does something great after all the senseless abuse he had to take, on the other hand I hope Tony wins this.

Is Cancellara riding the TT? I thought he was all in for the road race this year.

 

[JimPanzen]

Is Cancellara riding the TT? I thought he was all in for the road race this year.

Oh really? Didn't know that. I assumed he will ride the ITT, because after the Tour of Pologne ITT he said something about being on track for the worlds. But he could have also meant RR.

Edit: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-unconcerned-by-poland-time-trial-defeat

"Cancellara opted to forgo the Tour de France for the first time since 2006 in a bid to ensure the best possible preparation for the world championships, where his primary target will be the road race rather than the time trial, which he has already won on four occasions."

Sounds like he's doing both though.

 

[webvan]

Didn't Wiggo say last year he wasn't interested in the World's ITT since it was crap compared to the Oympics Gold? Not the first (or last) time he's put foot in mouth I suppose...

 

[SimonC]

Didn't Wiggo say last year he wasn't interested in the World's ITT since it was crap compared to the Oympics Gold? Not the first (or last) time he's put foot in mouth I suppose...

That's before his season went Pete Tonge at the Giro. He's reassessed and it's now a target.
He does have any uncanny knack of engaging brain before mouth.

 

[maxmartin]

Concerned about his own health, unwilling to keep up with supposedly "scientific" training, diet regime. That makes total sense.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/return-to-tour-de-france-unlikely-for-wiggins

 

[Morbius]

Concerned about his own health, unwilling to keep up with supposedly "scientific" training, diet regime. That makes total sense.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/return-to-tour-de-france-unlikely-for-wiggins

Why are you quoting yourself? especially when your comment has no basis in anything said or reported?

 

[nevada]

Winning worlds ITT would somehow save Wiggins' season.

It'll be between Wiggo and Tony I guess. Can't forget Phinney or Cance either.

On the one hadn I hope Wiggins does something great after all the senseless abuse he had to take, on the other hand I hope Tony wins this.

Wiggo makes a rod for his own back. I can't see him making the podium in the worlds. All this talk of extra weight, unless its muscle, which it doesn't appear to be, will be of no help at all.

Eneco was a huge embarrassment.