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he wasn't even in the top 10. And his team mate beat him. Boy. Finally, I don't have to hear anymore about wiggin and PR as if he is already won it. He got more press time than the real contender. So, congrats to Degenkolb for winning it.SeriousSam said:Wasn't to be, huh. Bye Brad!
You certainly got the last laugh.SeriousSam said:Wasn't to be, huh. Bye Brad!
if Wiggins had tragetted PR earlier in his career he would ahve won it.....He has done very well for a rider who barely rode a cobbles race ....That is what the haters don't want to hear ...he has very good natural abilityDBotero said:Damn hatersWell it wasn't his day,he attacked but couldn't make it count.Too bad he couldn't add Roubaix to his tally,it would have look very good on his palmares.I think is good that he tried to win a last race before leaving the team.Chapeau Sir Bradley Wiggins!
So how often do you think (without looking it up) that Wiggins has started Paris-Roubaix? 2-3 times?HelloDolly said:if Wiggins had tragetted PR earlier in his career he would ahve won it.....He has done very well for a rider who barely rode a cobbles race ....That is what the haters don't want to hear ...he has very good natural abilityDBotero said:Damn hatersWell it wasn't his day,he attacked but couldn't make it count.Too bad he couldn't add Roubaix to his tally,it would have look very good on his palmares.I think is good that he tried to win a last race before leaving the team.Chapeau Sir Bradley Wiggins!
I think cycling is less exciting without him
That's a bold claim for a rider that has won only two one-day races (non time trials) in about ten years. How exactly do you think he would have beaten Boonen or Cancellara - the riders that won most of those races earlier in his career. Out-sprinted them? Time-trialled away from them over the cobbles?HelloDolly said:if Wiggins had tragetted PR earlier in his career he would ahve won it.....He has done very well for a rider who barely rode a cobbles race ....That is what the haters don't want to hear ...he has very good natural abilityDBotero said:Damn hatersWell it wasn't his day,he attacked but couldn't make it count.Too bad he couldn't add Roubaix to his tally,it would have look very good on his palmares.I think is good that he tried to win a last race before leaving the team.Chapeau Sir Bradley Wiggins!
I think cycling is less exciting without him
Well PR staff is the same everywhereSeriousSam said:But but but if Brad really wants something, he usually does it, as the English media likes to remind us.
I don't think anyone is slagging him off for raising the profile of cycling in the UK.HelloDolly said:He makes cycling exciting for the ordinary punter who is not a cycling geek as he has personality and character and a bit of madness about him . He has been responsible for so many getting interested in cycling in UK and other places...People who had never watched a bike race know who he is...In a sport strapped for cash and lacking sponsors Wiggins is a god send.....But hey you go right ahead and slag him off all you like....very narrow minded insular guff
How has he done that?DFA123 said:I don't think anyone is slagging him off for raising the profile of cycling in the UK.HelloDolly said:He makes cycling exciting for the ordinary punter who is not a cycling geek as he has personality and character and a bit of madness about him . He has been responsible for so many getting interested in cycling in UK and other places...People who had never watched a bike race know who he is...In a sport strapped for cash and lacking sponsors Wiggins is a god send.....But hey you go right ahead and slag him off all you like....very narrow minded insular guff
People, however, are ridculing his, and the British medias, hype about his chances at Paris-Roubaix - based on an appalling record in one day races and absolutely no recent form.
Also, throwing bikes around and treating historic races with litle respect don't really endear him to many cycling fans.
Think Rowe is showing lots of potential though and is becoming a stronger man in these types of races as he matures.Dekker_Tifosi said:His attack looked impressive, but he ran out of steam early in my opinion.
Luke Rowe finished 8th.. so, to me, that says Wiggins was 'meh'
Wiggins never won Roubaix, and never will. He wasn't even close. End of storyHelloDolly said:if Wiggins had tragetted PR earlier in his career he would ahve won it.....He has done very well for a rider who barely rode a cobbles race ....That is what the haters don't want to hear ...he has very good natural abilityDBotero said:Damn hatersWell it wasn't his day,he attacked but couldn't make it count.Too bad he couldn't add Roubaix to his tally,it would have look very good on his palmares.I think is good that he tried to win a last race before leaving the team.Chapeau Sir Bradley Wiggins!
I think cycling is less exciting without him
But he has only ridden it 9 times. If only he had started out sooner, he'd have won it for sureDekker_Tifosi said:http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140851&c=5&season=all&edition_id=1036&sort_by=date&ApplyFilter=Filter
3 DNF, 49th, 25th, 90th, 9th and 18th in 8 race starts in Roubaix. Wiggins was indeed never going to win this
Yeah you definately need 20 starts at least. Boonen started when he was 5 years old.Netserk said:But he has only ridden it 9 times. If only he had started out sooner, he'd have won it for sureDekker_Tifosi said:http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140851&c=5&season=all&edition_id=1036&sort_by=date&ApplyFilter=Filter
3 DNF, 49th, 25th, 90th, 9th and 18th in 8 race starts in Roubaix. Wiggins was indeed never going to win this![]()
Even Cancellara was able to win Ronde after like 7 attempts. If Wiggins really focused on cobbles, he could have done better but he was never going to win Roubaix for sure.Dekker_Tifosi said:Yeah you definately need 20 starts at least. Boonen started when he was 5 years old.Netserk said:But he has only ridden it 9 times. If only he had started out sooner, he'd have won it for sureDekker_Tifosi said:http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140851&c=5&season=all&edition_id=1036&sort_by=date&ApplyFilter=Filter
3 DNF, 49th, 25th, 90th, 9th and 18th in 8 race starts in Roubaix. Wiggins was indeed never going to win this![]()
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