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Old 21-07-2012, 16:03
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I feel desperately sorry for Cadel
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:07
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Wiggins in full flow in a TT is a truly magnificent thing to watch

ETA - 53 secs faster than Froome at second checkpoint
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:10
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Well, that ought to shut Chris Froome's girlfriend up, at any rate.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:10
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I feel desperately sorry for Cadel
Meh, he knew what the risks would be.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:11
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Blimey scrub what i said about Wiggins cruising , hes got a rocket up his backside lo hes flying !
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:12
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Wiggins 53 seconds faster.

Isn't this meant to be a contest?
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:12
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Meh, he knew what the risks would be.
Doesn't make it any less sad
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:13
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Evans is just spent by the looks of it , he knew his tour was over sometime ago so that cant help either.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:15
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Blimey scrub what i said about Wiggins cruising , hes got a rocket up his backside lo hes flying !
That's the beauty of it. He makes it look so easy.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:17
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Doesn't make it any less sad
What did he have to gain by doing well today?
Nothing, as it was impossible for him to win the tour, so it was just a case of, just do your best for him, and his bedt certainly hasn't been anywhere near good enough.

Yes it is not good to see a old champion struggle, but he was never going to win it this year anyway was he?
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:18
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That's the beauty of it. He makes it look so easy.
Thanks to his track past, this sort of thing is just second nature to him now.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:19
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What did he have to gain by doing well today?
Nothing, as it was impossible for him to win the tour, so it was just a case of, just do your best for him, and his bedt certainly hasn't been anywhere near good enough.

Yes it is not good to see a old champion struggle, but he was never going to win it this year anyway was he?
No, he wasn't but it must have been humiliating to have his much younger teammate sail past him like that.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:20
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BMC team manager breaking just about every law in the French Highway code there. Enough to get 5 people banned for life.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:24
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No, he wasn't but it must have been humiliating to have his much younger teammate sail past him like that.
No it can't, but out with the old in with the new as they say.
The Tour waits for no man.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:31
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1'15 ahead of Froome now.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:39
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All over!

Congratulations Bradley.

On that form he must be favourite for the Olympic TT?
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:43
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I think Phil Liggett covered the mike there for a moment, and you could faintly hear him and Paul Sherwen celebrating deliriously

[edit] a few seconds after the finish, after he says "just champagne on the streets of France". They seem to have a little private moment.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:47
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So does Nibali, 6'19 down still think Wiggins is shit?
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:48
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Congratulations Bradley.

On that form he must be favourite for the Olympic TT?
Fantastic isn't it?

Although it was over well before today.
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Old 21-07-2012, 16:59
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Tweet from Prince Charles," Well done, Bradley Wiggins. Conquering France is a national pastime."

Not very pc but funny
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Old 21-07-2012, 17:08
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"Francois Hollande, can you hear me, Francois Hollande, your boys took a hell of a beating, your boys took a hell of a beating!"

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Old 21-07-2012, 17:14
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I think the Olympic Time Trial start order is based on last year's World Champs, which means Cancellara starts third last, Wiggo would start second-to-last, and Tony Martin starts last. Obviously a pretty ideal situation for him, but a poor one for Chris Froome.
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Old 21-07-2012, 17:17
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All over!

Congratulations Bradley.

On that form he must be favourite for the Olympic TT?
I wouldn't go writing Cancellara off just yet.
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Old 21-07-2012, 17:22
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I wouldn't go writing Cancellara off just yet.
That is true..and he's had a break from the tour ofcourse to be with his wife and new baby.
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Old 21-07-2012, 17:29
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Wiggins will be working hard for Cav in the RR before the TT remember , wouldn't be suprised at all to see him do it though.
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