Bradley Wiggins

Roche believes Sky is justified in leaving Wiggins off Tour squad

Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche has said that he believes Team Sky is justified in leaving Bradley Wiggins off its Tour team, saying that team harmony and the synergistic effect of a well-chosen line-up are more important than the physical attributes of any one rider. Roche famously battled his co-leader Robert Visentini for […]

Wiggins facing move from Sky after non-selection for Tour de France

Recent murmurs that Bradley Wiggins will likely leave Team Sky at the end of this season have moved a lot closer to certainty, with the Briton confirming Friday that he won’t be doing this year’s Tour de France and that he will need to transfer to another team if he wants to compete there in […]

Rocacorba Daily

Good morning and welcome to your Wednesday edition of the Rocacorba Daily News Digest. In today’s headlines: Contador wins Tirenno-Adriatico; Evans withdraws from Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of final stage; Wiggins: It could be that this is my last Tour; Fabian Cancellara: “Why is Bradley Wiggins doing Roubaix?”; Astana rider Yerlan Pernebekov suffers fatal stroke; Bicycle Taxidermy […]

Wiggins labours on return, pulls out of Vuelta

(AFP) - Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion, struggled during the opening stage of the Tour of Poland on Saturday in his return to cycling after a two-month absence. Wiggins finished a distant nine minutes and 13 seconds adrift of stage winner Diego Ulissi in what was his first […]

Brailsford in favour of Wiggins and Froome on 2014 Tour

(AFP) Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford would love to see the last two Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins lining up together when the race heads to Britain next year. Froome, who won the centenary edition of cycling’s biggest race on Sunday, and Wiggins, who became the first British winner last year, […]

Wiggins should use Evans as example: former coach

LONDON , United Kingdom, June 02, 2013 (AFP) - Britain’s Olympic time-trial champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins should use Australian cyclist Cadel Evans as an example as he seeks to rebound from his present problems.

Wiggins out of Tour de France

LONDON, May 31, 2013 (AFP) - Defending champion Bradley Wiggins has been ruled out of the Tour de France due to a knee injury. Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford said: “With illness, injury and treatment Brad has gone past the point where he can be ready for the Tour. “It’s a big loss but, given […]

Paris-Nice is anyone’s race without Wiggins

PARIS, March 1, 2013 (AFP) - The absence of 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins from the field means this year’s Paris-Nice — which begins this Sunday — is wide open. This will be the 71st edition of the Race to the Sun, which marks the start of the European cycling season and provides a hint of […]

Bradley Wiggins - A Year in Yellow

If you haven’t seen the documentary “Bradley Wiggins A Year in Yellow” yet I highly recommend you take an hour to watch. If you weren’t a Wiggo fan before, maybe this inside look into his personality will change your mind.

Bradley Wiggins - A Very British Champion

A documentary which aired on British TV this week about Bradley Wiggins’ story which shows not only the physical, but the mental and the human side of professional cycling.