Wiggins Discussion thread.

[Butterhead]

Purpose?

Porte is captain in Italy.
Froome takes care of France.
What else should he do?

Tour of Beijing maybe?

 

[Butterhead]

Contador, Andy are the past. They won't get anywhere near Froome and Porte at the Tour.

I'm hoping Wiggins shows off his bile parking skills in 2014, http://youtu.be/6YKC_hDg2Zg was pretty cool, Wiggins we want more this year!

Wishful thinking. Wiggo is the past.

 

[BYOP88]

Wishful thinking. Wiggo is the past.

Where did I say Wiggins was going to win? I just want more petulant behavior from him.

 

[arvc40]

Contador, Andy are the past. They won't get anywhere near Froome and Porte at the Tour.

I'm hoping Wiggins shows off his bile parking skills in 2014, http://youtu.be/6YKC_hDg2Zg was pretty cool, Wiggins we want more this year!

Contador will get near, Wiggins most certainly will not. Firstly they must all arrive in good health. That's easier said than done.

 

[the sceptic]

Froome loses 5 minutes on the cobbels, Wiggins declares he wants to be the leader. Whos excited?

 

[BYOP88]

Froome loses 5 minutes on the cobbels, Wiggins declares he wants to be the leader. Whos excited?

Sadly Froome is used to riding on poor road surfaces. That's why it took him so long to get used to and win on European roads.(That's what a Froome fan wrote in the clinic a few months ago). My guess is Froome rides and wins P-R and RVV this year just to show his class on 'dodgy' road surfaces.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Where did I say Wiggins was going to win? I just want more petulant behavior from him.

Yay!
it adds interest and pulls in the crowds

 

[Cyivel]

Hyped out of my dang mind for a Wiggo return to form.

 

[willbick]

Hyped out of my dang mind for a Wiggo return to form.

since when has wiggo been 'out of form'? he came 2nd in the world TT. i would call that great form

 

[The Hitch]

By that definition Contador was on form all of last year.

 

[Cyivel]

since when has wiggo been 'out of form'? he came 2nd in the world TT. i would call that great form

You would William.

Of course you aren't the brightest bulb in the box.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour of Beijing maybe?

Good to see you got some mojo back.

Seriously assuming a paycheck of EUR2M it leaves very little wiggle room to get something back:

P-R, the most watched classic
Cali, the foxy angle
The Yorkshire part of TdF
Tour of Britain
Worlds

Vuelta is a possibility, but I can't see that happening.

So yeah, Sky wants to talk about P-R.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Froome loses 5 minutes on the cobbels, Wiggins declares he wants to be the leader. Whos excited?

I'd bet Froome would still get those 5 minutes in the mountains going full *** like on Ventoux last year ect. I doubt Froome would lose that much time to his rivals on the cobbles, he will have a decent team around him.

 

[Grupetto1]

Froome loses 5 minutes on the cobbels, Wiggins declares he wants to be the leader. Whos excited?

I really hope so. The dream is Froome has a minor crash or mechanical and wiggins finds himself in the front group but doesn't know to wait as his "earpiece wasn't working"

 

[willbick]

By that definition Contador was on form all of last year.

Does it? Did he come 2nd in all the top races he rode last year?!

 

[willbick]

I really hope so. The dream is Froome has a minor crash or mechanical and wiggins finds himself in the front group but doesn't know to wait as his "earpiece wasn't working"

There is no chance of a leadership battle because wiggins wont be in the super skinny mountain climbing shape he was in 2012. He will be doing a sort of super-rouleur domestique job i imagine

 

[nevada]

There is no chance of a leadership battle because wiggins wont be in the super skinny mountain climbing shape he was in 2012. He will be doing a sort of super-rouleur domestique job i imagine

I doubt he will - he's shown no team skills whatsoever. Having him on the team will be a major disruption. He certainly capable of throwing a hissy fit and walking out during the tour.

 

[Netserk]

Does it? Did he come 2nd in all the top races he rode last year?!

Did Wiggins come 2nd in the Giro?

 

[willbick]

Gee its hard work with u guys. Someone said they were looking forward to Wiggins 'returning to form' this year. I merely stated that finishing 2nd in the world TT was a 'return to form' after his bad start to last year

 

[Cyivel]

You appear to have a problem following the conversation that was going on before my post tbh fam.

 

[the sceptic]

I'd bet Froome would still get those 5 minutes in the mountains going full *** like on Ventoux last year ect. I doubt Froome would lose that much time to his rivals on the cobbles, he will have a decent team around him.

Youre probably right. I just want to see a little bit of drama. The last couple of tours have been incredibly boring and predictable.

 

[Taxus4a]

Roubaix is a good objetive for Wiggins.

It is a pity anyway he is not in another team...becouse ha has a big engine and he should be leader of a team in the Tour.

 

[Afrank]

For me personally, it would bring endless amounts of enjoyment and amusement to get to see Froome and Wiggins fighting it out for leadership of Sky all across France. And while they are consumed with fighting it out with each other, see Nibali take advantage of that and ride away and into yellow. That would be just perfect!

 

[Carols]

Does it? Did he come 2nd in all the top races he rode last year?!

Wow Wiggins came 2nd in the Giro? I must have missed that. I remember him losing his nerve and riding like me; a Granny And he came 2nd in Romandie?

Did he ride any races really well in 2013 except Britain and World TT? He found form late in the season and used it well! But certainly wasn't on form throughout the season.

 

[Carols]

For me personally, it would bring endless amounts of enjoyment and amusement to get to see Froome and Wiggins fighting it out for leadership of Sky all across France. And while they are consumed with fighting it out with each other, see Nibali take advantage of that and ride away and into yellow. That would be just perfect!

This Let them bicker and moan while Nibs and Alberto are giving us a race