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Bradley Wiggins-Quest for the long awaited Tour Victory
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Hi there,
As you should all know my name is Bradley Wiggins.
I was born on the 28th April 1980 in a in the small town of Ghent, Belgium. I have been riding since I was 12 years old and represented Camden at the Youth Olympic Games. in 2010 I was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame. I lives in Eccleston, Lancashire. I married my wife Catherine in Manchester in November 2004 and has two children, Ben and Isabella.
Career
At 20, I won a bronze medal for Britain in the team pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
2008
In 2008 I signed with Team High Road, a team later known as HTC-Highroad. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, I won three gold medals: pursuit, team pursuit and madison.
2009
After finishing the 2009 Giro d'Italia 71st, which included second place in the final stage, I arrived at the 2009 Tour de France having lost six kilos. I came third in the opening time-trial in Monaco and helped Garmin to second place in the team time-trial despite losing four riders. In the first mountain finish, I finished 12th, and at 5th place overall entering the second week, had the highest second-week place by a British rider since Robert Millar. On the second mountain finish, in Verbier, I finished fifth to climb to third overall. I was attacked by the Schleck brothers on stage 17 and dropped to sixth, but moved to fourth in the stage 18 time-trial. On stage 20 to Mont Ventoux, I finished tenth and held fourth by three seconds ahead of Frank Schleck. I held that position in the final stage, equalling Robert Millar's highest ever finish by a British rider in the Tour.
2010
I began 2010 as a team leader for the first time. I was part of the team who won the team time trial on stage one of the 2010 Tour of Qatar. On May 10, I took my first major win of the year, in the opening time trial of the Giro d'Italia and took the maglia rosa leader's jersey. It was my first win at a Grand Tour. I lost the jersey on stage 2 to Cadel Evans following a crash-marred stage. I lost further time early on in the Giro, but recovered much of it on stage 11, in which I finished fourth. I faded quickly towards the end of the race, however, losing a lot of time over the final stages to finish 40th.
2011
This season I am still the leader of team sky and I am really looking forward to racing again this season. As you all know my main goal is to win the Tour but this season I am going to the Giro-Vuelta double. This will give me a better insite at the competition I will be up against at the Tour and whether I need to improve or not. I hope to win one of the Grand Tours I enter in or at least get a top 5. I am hoping that I will win the GB National road championships as that is very important to me. I haven't worn the RR champions jersey so I hope i can win it. This season is an important season for me so I hope I can do well in the races I compete in.
The squad is fantastic support for the sprinters and myself in the mountains.
These are the sponser objectives for the team this season.
The first race for the season I can't go to but I will be starting my season at the GP Mediteraneen.
Edited by Jakstar22 on 25-05-2012 22:40
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| Pinktay3 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 07:53
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Looking good my friend, looking good.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 07:55
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The team has just offered me a contract renewal and of course I was going to say yes. Now I know I have a new contract I don't have to worry about getting dropped anytime soon.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 08:01
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I heard from Simon Gerrans that the Aus Champs was the most hectic race that he has been in. Sky had a good race comming in 1st (Gerrans), 2nd (Sutton) and 5th (Rogers).
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-05-2012 09:17
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What database is this, prehistoric one? 
Good luck with Brad anyway...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 09:55
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Good Luck with this Wiggo story Jakstar  |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 12:35
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
What database is this, prehistoric one?
Good luck with Brad anyway...
The official release 2011 DB. The 2012 download won't work. |
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| Zoom123 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 12:56
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Good luck mate  Should be a good read
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| Vien |
Posted on 24-05-2012 13:01
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I hate Wiggins, so I guess I'll follow this story and hope he'll lose.
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| Zoom123 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 13:03
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Vien wrote:
I hate Wiggins, so I guess I'll follow this story and hope he'll lose.
Good luck
Why do you hate him? What's to hate?
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| Vien |
Posted on 24-05-2012 13:06
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I don't know, I just have something against him |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 13:11
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Vien wrote:
I don't know, I just have something against him
Fair enough. Some people hate other people, thats just how cycling works.
And thanks zoom.
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| Zoom123 |
Posted on 24-05-2012 13:16
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@Vien : Fair enoguh
@Jakstar22 : no problem
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 25-05-2012 02:15
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Today the Cancer Council Classic was on and the team went to work for Chris Sutton. The team controlled the peloton for most of the race and then started the leadout. Here are a few pics of today's race.
Team sky leadout
Only about 3km to go now and sky still in charge
The finish
Team Sky's work paid of with a 1,2 victory.
The Tour of Australia is tommorow but i don't start racing for another few weeks.
Edited by Jakstar22 on 25-05-2012 22:13
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-05-2012 09:40
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Good Luck in the Tour of Australia |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 25-05-2012 23:37
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I have brought a strong team to this race both for hill climbing and sprinting to help me win the race overall.
Start Lists
Spoiler Sky
1. B.Wiggins
2. E.Boasson.H
3. C.Froome
4. M.Hayman
5. C.Knees
6. T.Löfkvist
7. C.Sutton
8. G.Thomas
FDJ
11. S.Cusar
12. S.Chuinel
13. M.Dolage
14. P.Fédrogo
15. A.Geslan
16. G.Maersman
17. J.Ruy
18. B.Vougrenard
Europcar
21. T.Voeckler
22. G.Bernaudeau
23. F.Bouyer
24. A.Charteau
25. J.Cousin
26. A.Pichot
27. K.Reza
28. P.Rolland
Saur - Sojasun
31. J.Hivert
32. A.Delaplace
33. J.Galland
34. S.Joly
35. R.Mathéou
36. P.Poux
37. Y.Talabardon
38. L.Turpin
Landbouwkrediet
41. B.De Waele
42. F.Amorison
43. J.Breyne
44. E.Cammaerts
45. D.Commeyne
46. S.Delfosse
47. B.Dockx
48. B.Planckaert
Cofidis
51. D.Monier
52. M.Buffaz
53. R.Cusin
54. J.Demaret
55. J.El Fares
56. J.Fouchard
57. A.Labbe
58. L.A.Mate
Veranda's
61. S.Scheirlinckx
62. S.Caethoven
63. D.Cappelle
64. W.De Vocht
65. G.Habeaux
66. S.Van Den Houte
67. J.Van Goolen
68. J.Vanlandschoot
Skil
71. A.Geniez
72. T.Bonnin
73. R.Curvers
74. M.Docker
75. M.Kittel
76. M.Sprick
77. R.Van.Z
78. T.Veelers
Caja Rural
81. I.Cuesta
82. G.Bravo.O
83. V.De La Parte
84. D.De la Cruz
85. A.Galdós
86. R.MartÃnez.H
87. D.Milan.J
88. J.Sobrino
Dre Prosa
91. P.Vala
92. S.Berchi
93. P.Boiletti
94. O.Bordos
95. M.Fudi
96. E.Garardi
97. D.Murgutti
98. Gu.Visconti
CCC Popol
101. T.Koendys
102. D.Botek
103. P.Cherucki
104. A.Hankisz
105. S.Jeniszewski
106. J.Mindes
107. A.Schelze
108. T.Smulen
Bretagne
111. R.Hardy
112. E.Berthou
113. S.Bonsergent
114. S.Duret
115. A.Fonseca
116. J.Le Bon
117. G.Malacarne
118. L.Pichon
Ag2r
121. J.Loubet
122. J.Bérard
Bigmat
131. S.Georges
132. F.Dassonville
133. G.Faucon
134. D.Le Boulch
135. R.Racault
136. N.Rousseau
Wallonie
141. G.Devillers
142. O.Chevalier
143. F.Polazzi
144. C.Premont
145. R.Rouet
146. R.Stenuit
147. J.Van.H
148. J.Vangenechten
La Pomme
151. T.Skujins
152. M.Delaroziere
153. T.Flaksis
154. K.Kupriss
155. A.Kurbatskis
156. R.Skujins
157. J.Stonis
158. T.Vaubourzeix
Vorarlberg
161. R.Hollenstein
162. J.Benetseder
163. D.Brändle
164. S.Dillier
165. K.Fricke
166. D.Hrinkow
SpiderTech
171. R.Anderson
172. F.De.Luna
173. H.Houle
174. S.Lambert.Lemay
175. B.Langlois
176. F.Parisien
177. A.Randell
178. W.Routley
Roubaix Lille
181. M.Kneisky
182. N.Bonnet
183. M.Boulo
184. A.Colin
185. J.Guay
Merckx Indeland
191. M.Bertling
192. J.DeGans
193. D.Finders
194. M.Kurth
195. M.Meisen
196. D.Westmattelmann
Edited by Jakstar22 on 26-05-2012 01:20
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Posted on 26-05-2012 01:39
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Stage 1
The peloton kept dropping riders thanks to the fast pace of Knees and Thomas.
I was sitting comfortably in the protection of Lofkvist and with my main competitor Voeckler in front of me.
With 40km to go I attacked out of the peloton.
Thomas attacked about 1km after I did because I told him to come and help me.
Now there is a 2 man leading group 1.24 ahead of the peloton.
With 20km to go the leading group had 1.24 on the peloton.
The peloton turned into 21 riders after 15km to go.
The leading group looked like it would be caught so I am now going to sit in the peloton for the rest of the race.
The sprint started and surprisingly Lofkvist hit the front early but unfortunately Voeckler had a bit more energy and came back past Lofkvist and took the win.
I didn't lose anytime on the favorites and tommorow is a sprint stage so I will try and get the jersey on the next hill stage.
Results
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 3h03'22 | | 2 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 4 | Steve Chuinel | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Benoit Vougrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 8 | Sandy Cusar | FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Christian Knees | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Pierrick Fédrogo | FDJ | s.t. | | 12 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 13 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 14 | Anthony Geslan | FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 17 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 18 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Ludovic Turpin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 20 | Julien El Fares | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 21 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 22 | Sylwester Jeniszewski | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 23 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 24 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 25 | Gianni Maersman | FDJ | + 2'07 | | 26 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'22 | | 27 | Jérémy Ruy | FDJ | s.t. | | 28 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 29 | Tomasz Koendys | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 30 | Edwig Cammaerts | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. |
Edited by Jakstar22 on 26-05-2012 01:50
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Posted on 26-05-2012 02:13
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Stage 2
Today is a flat stage so we will be looking for a victory on today's stage.
The worst news for Europcar came over the radio. Voeckler had fallen and hit hard. he got up very quickly though and didn't lose touch of the problem.
With 24km to go Thomas attacked for really no reason. He quickly caught up to the 2 man leading group.
With 15km to go there was a lead out done for Sutton.
The leadout started for Sutton with 3km to go.
The leadout was horrible and Sutton got passed with 300m to go.
Caethoven won. Sky's best result was 8th with Sutton.
Results
| 1 | Steven Caethoven | Veranda's Willems - Accent | 2h46'39 | | 2 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 3 | Mickael Dolage | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Joaquin Sobrino | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 7 | André Schelze | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 8 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Steve Chuinel | FDJ | s.t. | | 12 | Tomasz Smulen | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 13 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 14 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Christian Knees | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 18 | Benoit Vougrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 19 | Sandy Cusar | FDJ | s.t. | | 20 | Adrian Hankisz | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 21 | José Mindes | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 22 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 23 | Diego Milan Jimenez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 24 | Mitchell Docker | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 25 | Julien El Fares | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 26 | Luis Angel Mate | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 27 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 28 | Jonas Vangenechten | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 29 | Aitor Galdós | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 30 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 5h49'41 | | 2 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 8 | | 3 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | + 12 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 20 | | 6 | Steve Chuinel | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Benoit Vougrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 8 | Christian Knees | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Sandy Cusar | FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 12 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 13 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | Pierrick Fédrogo | FDJ | s.t. | | 15 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Julien El Fares | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 17 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 18 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 20 | Anthony Geslan | FDJ | s.t. | | 21 | Ludovic Turpin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 22 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 23 | Sylwester Jeniszewski | CCC Popol | s.t. | | 24 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 25 | Gianni Maersman | FDJ | + 2'27 | | 26 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'42 | | 27 | Mathew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 29 | Iñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 30 | Tomasz Koendys | CCC Popol | s.t. |
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 26-05-2012 04:22
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Good first stage result
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"This Schleck sandwich is going to cause serious indigestion for Evans" - Phil Liggett |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-05-2012 05:48
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Thanks Eden95.
It would be great if everyone could give me some advice because then I can make my stories better then what they are now.
Edited by Jakstar22 on 28-05-2012 05:37
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