Bradley Wiggins - Can he win it ?

[gingerjedi]

I was tired driving up to Alp D'Huez.



It doesn't look like they're going that way this year, shame.

[doodab]

If he's still leading when they reach the pyrenees then he has a good chance. Next Wednesday and Thursday are both big mountain stages so will be fairly critical, Thursday probably more so as it finishes with an ascent. As long as he's within a minute of the lead at that point then he's still in contention, though with the team he has around him I'd expect him to build on the lead rather than loose it.

Wednesday has two of the best climbs of them all but both quite early in the stage, there is a long way to go and two smaller climbs after that, although the final one is pretty steep in places.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_du_Tourmalet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_d'Aubisque

[doodab]

Le tour would be much easier to watch if it wasn't on itv4. Way too much advertising. Pita.

[TheBigD]

Le tour would be much easier to watch if it wasn't on itv4. Way too much advertising. Pita.

Annoys me too. I usually watch the highlights on SKY+ 15 minutes after the programs started, so can skip all the ad breaks.

[Alf W]

Erm, I know this has been the case in the past, but do you actually have evidence that the leading riders in the Tour now are on drugs? You do realise that accusations of drug taking are just about the most serious things that can be said about sportspeople these days? Please, give us the evidence.

List of doping cases in cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'd be prepared to put money on the fact that this list won't stop growing.

[Old Hack]

List of doping cases in cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'd be prepared to put money on the fact that this list won't stop growing.

I' be prepared to put money on the list of all sports having an increasing list of cheats.

All sports have cheats. All sports have dope cheats.

Silly think to say really. It's like saying the list of boxers who break the rules will grow; its obvious.

[Doggy Styles]

I' be prepared to put money on the list of all sports having an increasing list of cheats.

All sports have cheats. All sports have dope cheats.

Silly think to say really. It's like saying the list of boxers who break the rules will grow; its obvious.

One thing's for sure. None of those lists can ever get shorter!

[TimberWolf]

Wiggins allegedly slowed down for a competitor who got a puncture from tacks thrown on the track. A Wiggins fan?

TheRecord - Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins keeps yellow jersey...

[Scrag Meister]

Wiggins allegedly slowed down for a competitor who got a puncture from tacks thrown on the track. A Wiggins fan?

TheRecord - Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins keeps yellow jersey...

My understanding was that there were about 30 cyclists affected after some prick threw some tacks onto the road.

[Mich the Tester]

My understanding was that there were about 30 cyclists affected after some prick threw some tacks onto the road.

Racing cyclists really do have to be hard as nails to ride at 100 kmh downhill knowing that some pinhead´s chucked tacks on the road.