Wiggins Discussion thread.

[elfed68]

Hopefully Contador's performance should stir Bradley up for a good performance in the TdS.

 

[Jelantik]

Hopefully Contador's performance should stir Bradley up for a good performance in the TdS.

Well he should be. I remembered reading wiggins said something about he will be in the tdf squad only if Froome crash or sick. he got his wish, didn't he? Froome took a tumble on stage 6?

 

[JRanton]

Anybody else seen the source for JRanton's report about Wiggins only targeting the time trial and team riding for Henao on GC?

No official source. Wait and see. Wiggins will help position Henao at the bottom of climbs like he did for other riders earlier in the season when he was above his GC weight.

 

[MBotero]

Hopefully Contador's performance should stir Bradley up for a good performance in the TdS.

He doesn't bothered with the tt so i don't think he give a **** anymore.

 

[elfed68]

He doesn't bothered with the tt so i don't think he give a **** anymore.

Unfortunately, I think you're correct

 

[JRanton]

He doesn't bothered with the tt so i don't think he give a **** anymore.

Yeah, it's pretty simple really. If you had any ambition of winning Tour de Suisse then you wouldn't be training in a velodrome practising very short efforts a week before the race!

 

[JRanton]

Told ya.

....

 

[pastronef]

Yeah, it's pretty simple really. If you had any ambition of winning Tour de Suisse then you wouldn't be training in a velodrome practising very short efforts a week before the race!

where was he, in Manchester?

 

[JRanton]

where was he, in Manchester?

Yup.

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[Gloin22]

Told ya.

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Not sure he even bothered to be fair.

 

[JRanton]

Not sure he even bothered to be fair.

Because he knows he's too heavy to be competitive in the mountains.

 

[Winterfold]

Such a petulant child

Still cant blame him, he's been treated like ****!

Time to tell Sky to feck off and go and mentor the Yates's and tow them to many victories

 

[JRanton]

Such a petulant child

Still cant blame him, he's been treated like ****!

Time to tell Sky to feck off and go and mentor the Yates's and tow them to many victories

What part of ''he's too heavy to be compeititve for GC in Suisse'' did you miss?

 

[Winterfold]

None whatsoever.

Don't see weight holding Tony M back.

 

[maxmartin]

it is actually a good time to capitalize CF's massive failure in Dauphine, what is going on with W? He looks in pretty decent shape in ToC? What is wrong with SKY's race training and planning?

 

[JRanton]

None whatsoever.

Don't see weight holding Tony M back.

We haven't reached the mountains yet!

 

[JRanton]

it is actually a good time to capitalize CF's massive failure in Dauphine, what is going on with W? He looks in pretty decent shape in ToC? What is wrong with SKY's race training and planning?

His focus is solely on the Commonwealth games (track). He gave up on a Tour place ages ago.

Froome won two stages and led the Dauphine for six stages before crashing. It was hardly a massive failure.

 

[Walkman]

His focus is solely on the Commonwealth games (track). He gave up on a Tour place ages ago.

Froome won two stages and led the Dauphine for six stages before crashing. It was hardly a massive failure.

Sad to see. Why not do the Vuelta?

 

[IndianCyclist]

If he cannot follow Sagan in the hilly course of stage 3, how can he be even considered for the TDF. Sky now has a perfect excuse. The other GT winners like Contador, Cadel, Nibali almost never give up even when the cards are down. For Wiggins to succeed however, it seems all the stars must align perfectly. He could have made a statement by at least being competitive in Suisse.

 

[willbick]

If he cannot follow Sagan in the hilly course of stage 3, how can he be even considered for the TDF. Sky now has a perfect excuse. The other GT winners like Contador, Cadel, Nibali almost never give up even when the cards are down. For Wiggins to succeed however, it seems all the stars must align perfectly. He could have made a statement by at least being competitive in Suisse.

Wiggins was never gonna be a serious GC option for le tour. If he did ride it would just be as a super-rouleur domestique, but they decided he wouldn't fit in to that role. Being able to stay with tour of cali climbers up long drags is not comparable to sticking with Contador, purito, nibali etc in the Alps

 

[arvc40]

it is actually a good time to capitalize CF's massive failure in Dauphine, what is going on with W? He looks in pretty decent shape in ToC? What is wrong with SKY's race training and planning?

Lol. Froomes massive failure ! Lol. OK he didn't get end result so I suppose that's your angle, got to be. Its just the way the text comes across.

 

[arvc40]

Ffs let the lanky **** ride and we can all watch a massive epic fail.

 

[webvan]

So all this hard work just for the ToC? Well I suppose it's better than nothing.

 

[Afrank]

Ffs let the lanky **** ride and we can all watch a massive epic fail.

Or even better, a massive team dividing battle for leadership between Wiggo and Dawg.

 

[Jspear]

Sad to see. Why not do the Vuelta?

He could do the Vuelta and use it as preparation for the Worlds, but he could never do the Vuelta now and go for GC.