Bradley Wiggins: My Time (34 page)

Prologue: Grenoble – Grenoble, 5.7km individual time trial

Luke Durbridge (Australia) Orica GreenEDGE in 0-06-38; 2, Wiggins at 1sec

Stage one: Seyssins – Saint-Vallier, 187km

Cadel Evans (Australia) BMC in 4-36-21; 61, Wiggins at 4sec

Stage two: Lamastre – Saint-Félicien, 160km

Daniel Moreno (Spain) Katusha in 4-02-38; 9, Wiggins st

Stage three: Givors – La Clayette, 167km

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) Team Sky in 4-22-13; 46, Wiggins st

Stage four: Villié-Morgon – Bourg-en-Bresse, 53.5km individual time trial

Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky in 1-03-12; Tony Martin (Germany) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step at 34sec

Stage five: Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans – Rumilly, 186.5 km

Arthur Vichot (France) Francais des Jeux-BigMat in 4-42-17; 27, Wiggins at 59sec

Stage six: Saint-Alban-Leysse – Morzine, 167.5km

Nairo Quintana (Columbia) Movistar in 4-46-12; 4, Wiggins at 24sec

Stage seven: Morzine – Châtel, 124.5km

Daniel Moreno (Spain) Katusha in 2-59-37; 19, Wiggins at 10sec

Overall:

Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky in 26-40-46; 2, Michael Rogers (Australia) Team Sky at 1min 17sec

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Prologue: Liège – Liège, 6.4km individual time trial

Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) RadioShack-Nissan in 0-07-13; 2, Wiggins at 7sec

Stage one: Liège – Seraing, 198km

Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale in 4-58-19; 16, Wiggins st

Stage two: Visé – Tournai, 207.5km

Mark Cavendish (GB) Team Sky in 4-56-59; 68, Wiggins st

Stage three: Orchies – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 197km

Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale in 4-42-58; 53, Wiggins at 1sec

Stage four: Abbeville – Rouen, 214.5km

André Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol in 5-18-32; 154, Wiggins st

Stage five: Rouen – Saint-Quentin, 196.5km

André Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol in 4-41-30; 18, Wiggins st

Stage six: Épernay – Metz, 207.5km

Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale in 4-37-00; 21, Wiggins at 4sec

Stage seven: Tomblaine – La Planche des Belles Filles, 199km

Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky in 4-58-35; 3, Wiggins at 2sec

Stage eight: Belfort – Porrentruy, 157.5km

Thibaut Pinot (France) Francais Des Jeux-BigMat in 3-56-10; 4, Wiggins at 26sec

Stage nine: Arc-et-Senans – Besançon 41.5km individual time trial

Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky in 0-51-24; 2, Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky at 35sec

Stage ten: Mâcon – Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 194.5km

Thomas Voeckler (France) Europcar in 4-46-26; 13, Wiggins at 3min 16sec

Stage eleven: Albertville – La Toussuire, 148km

Pierre Rolland (France) Europcar in 4-43-54; 6, Wiggins at 57sec

Stage twelve: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Annonay-Davézieux, 226km

David Millar (GB) Garmin-Sharp in 5-42-46; 12, Wiggins at 7min 54sec

Stage thirteen: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Cap d’Agde, 217km

André Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol in 4-57-59; 12, Wiggins st

Stage fourteen: Limoux – Foix, 191km

Luis León Sánchez (Spain) Rabobank in 4-50-29; 15, Wiggins at 18min 15sec

Stage fifteen: Samatan – Pau, 158.5km

Pierrick Fédrigo (France) Francais Des Jeux-BigMat in 3-40-15; 22, Wiggins at 11min 50sec

Stage sixteen: Pau – Bagnères-de-Luchon, 197km

Thomas Voeckler (France) Europcar in 5-35-02; 12, Wiggins at 7min 9sec

Stage seventeen: Bagnères-de-Luchon – Peyragudes, 143.5km

Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar in 4-12-11; 3, Wiggins at 19sec

Stage eighteen: Blagnac – Brive-la-Gaillarde, 222.5km

Mark Cavendish (GB) Team Sky in 4-54-12; 19, Wiggins at 4sec

Stage nineteen: Bonneval – Chartres, 53.5km individual time trial

Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky in 1-04-13; 2, Chris Froome at 1min 16sec

Stage twenty: Rambouillet – Paris (Champs-Élysées), 120km

Mark Cavendish (GB) Team Sky in 3-08-07; 54, Wiggins at 9sec

Overall:

Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky in 87-34-47sec; 2, Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky at 3min 21sec; 3, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Liquigas-Cannondale at 6min 19sec; 4, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium) Lotto-Belisol at 10min 15sec; 5, Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC at 11min 4sec

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Gold, Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) in 5-45-57; Silver, Rigoberto Urán (Columbia) st; Bronze, Alexander Kristoff (Norway) at 8sec; 103, Wiggins at 1min 17sec

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Gold, Bradley Wiggins (GB) in 0-50-39; Silver, Tony Martin (Germany) at 42sec; Bronze, Chris Froome (GB) at 1min 8sec

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Stage one: Ipswich – Norfolk Showground, 203km

Luke Rowe (GB) Team Sky in 4-51-05; 24, Wiggins st

Stage two: Nottingham – Knowsley, 180.7km

Leigh Howard (Australia) Orica-GreenEDGE in 4-31-09; 34, Wiggins at 1sec

Stage three: Jedburgh – Dumfries, 152.6km

Mark Cavendish (GB) Team Sky in 3-54-30; 44, Wiggins st

Stage four: Carlisle – Blackpool, 156km

Mark Cavendish (GB) Team Sky in 3-51-33; 21, Wiggins at 9sec

Stage five: Stoke on Trent – Stoke on Trent, 147km

Marc de Maar (Dutch Curaçao) United Healthcare in 3-30-26; 64, Wiggins at 11min 45sec, and retired

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Gold, Phillippe Gilbert (Belgium) in 6-10-41; Silver, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) at 4sec; Bronze, Alejandro Valverde (Spain) at 5sec; Wiggins, DNF

INDEX

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BW indicates Bradley Wiggins.

Algarve, Tour of, 2012, 96, 97, 122, 128, 129, 168, 242

Anquetil, Jacques, 124

Ardennes, Classic, 73

Armstrong, Lance, 11, 147, 176, 177, 186–90, 243

Arvesen, Kurt-Asle, 68

ASO, 120, 218

Astana, 172, 223

Banesto, 247

Barry, Michael, 18

Basso, Ivan, 28, 134, 227

Bayern-Rundfahrt, 2011, 53, 54, 59, 61, 76

Bayton, Phil, 142

Belgium, Tour of, 141

BMC, 110, 161, 205, 207–7, 223

Boardman, Chris, 141–2, 167, 171, 282–3

Bombrun, Hervé, 180

Boonen, Tom, 90

Brailsford, Dave:

British Cycling’s success, role in, 13, 14, 259–62

BW, relationship with, 12–13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 30–1, 32, 34, 36, 38, 259–61

doping, attitude towards, 179, 185, 192

Olympics, 2004 and, 259

Olympics, 2008 and, 13

Olympics, 2012 and, 255, 264, 265, 280

Sean Yates and, 145–6

Shane Sutton and, 44–5

Team Sky goals and, 102

Team Sky riders, relationship with, 126, 129, 131–2

Team Sky, BW’s move to and, 12–3, 14, 15

Team Sky, Cavendish’s move to and, 83

Team Sky’s creation, role in, 12–13

Tim Kerrison and, 56

Tour de France 2010 and, 19–20, 21–22

Tour de France 2012 and, 192, 212, 213, 253

World Championships 2011 and, 80, 83

Brajkovic, Janez, 209

Britain, Tour of:

1998, 142

2009, 56

2010, 9, 28, 29

2012, 273

British, Cycling, 3, 12, 13, 14, 34, 41, 43, 44, 57, 60, 61, 92, 141, 143, 179, 184, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263–4,
see also
Olympic Games

British National Road Race Championships 2011, 61, 62, 72

British Time Trial Championships 2010, 28, 29, 32

Bugno, Gianni, 248

Burke, Steven, 52

Cancellara, Fabian, 54, 61, 75, 158, 159, 167, 181, 182, 196, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286

Catalonia, Tour of, 2012, 96, 100, 111, 137

Cavendish, Mark, 16, 178

Bernhard Eisel and, 130, 131, 132

BW, relationship with, 76–85, 227–32, 259, 283

Olympics 2012, 266, 268–9, 270–3, 274

Team Sky, move to, 83–5

Team Sky, role in, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132

Tour de France 2012, 1, 162, 164, 165, 169, 211, 221–6, 234, 248, 249, 250, 251, 266–7, 283

Tour of Romandie 2012, 110, 112, 113

World Championships 2008, 112

World Championships 2011, 76, 80–2

Clancy, Ed, 52, 282

Clark, Julian, 144

Cobo, Juan José, 69, 133

Cofidis affair, 178, 181, 184

Columbia, 131

Commonwealth Games:

2002, 41

2010, 29

2014, 290

Contador, Alberto, 40, 55, 91, 129, 151, 168, 172, 224, 249, 286

Cousins, George (granddad), 22, 23–29, 31, 32, 33, 290, 291

Crédit Agricole, 77, 145

Critérium International:

2004, 187

2012, 100

CSC, 134, 144

Cuesta, Iñigo, 143

Cummings, Steve, 3, 11

Cycle Sport
, 178

Dailey, Doug, 258

Dauphiné Libéré, 126

2011, 53, 54–6, 59, 60, 61, 66, 68, 71–2, 73, 76, 221

2012, 46, 95–96, 101, 117, 118–124, 125, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 153, 167, 168, 192–3, 194, 201, 218, 221, 234, 252, 255, 284, 286

directeur sportif
, 5, 36, 110, 141, 142, 144, 145, 150, 184, 210, 238

Dolan, Terry, 16

domestiques
, 18, 113

doping, 25, 59, 116, 129, 175–90, 242, 259, 271

Dower, John, 157, 285, 286

DuPont Tour, 149

Durbridge, Luke, 119

Eisel, Bernhard, 126, 127, 130–2, 159, 169, 220, 228, 251

Ellingworth, Rod, 16, 27–8, 36, 80, 126, 168, 222

Ellis, Doug, 188

Eneco Tour of Belgium and Holland 2010, 28

Europcar, 223

Eurosport, 37, 192

Evans, Cadel, 28

Dauphiné Libéré 2011, 54

Dauphiné Libéré 2012, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123

Tour de France 2011, 59

Tour de France 2012, 138, 154, 158, 159, 161, 164, 170–1, 175, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 205, 206, 207–8, 209, 212, 213, 222, 223, 225–6, 233, 234, 241, 249, 289

Tour of Romandie 2012, 110

FDJ,
see
Française des Jeux

Fédrigo, Pierrick, 230

Felt, 16

Ferrari, Roberto, 162

Festina, drug scandal, 259

Flanders, Tour of:

1996, 141

2003, 144

Flecha, Juan-Antonio, 63, 127

Flèche Wallonne, 73

Four Days of Dunkirk, 182

Française des Jeux (FDJ), 41, 130, 131

Freeman, Richard, 63–4

Froome, Chris:

Olympics 2012 and, 269

Team Sky, role in, 69–70, 106, 132–3, 134, 135, 208–18

Tour de France 2012, 4, 5, 158, 167, 168, 169, 171, 195, 196, 208–18, 237, 239

Vuelta a España, 2011, 68, 69–70, 134

Garmin, 11, 12–13, 14–15, 16, 26, 32, 78, 79, 188, 189, 230, 262

Gent-Wevelgem 2010, 130

Germany, Tour of, 145

Gesink, Robert, 167

Gibb, Tony, 192

Giro d’Italia, 10, 134, 218, 289

2003, 130

2005, 77, 227

2008, 78

2009, 11, 17

2010, 10, 17–18, 53, 128, 129

2011, 129, 134

2012, 112, 126, 167

Giro del Piemonte, 10

González, Txema, 9–10

Good Friday Meeting Herne Hill 1999, 136–7

GP Eddy Merckx, 141

Grabsch, Bert, 276

Granddad
see
Cousins, George

Grand Prix de Plouay 2010, 28–9

Great Britain team, 3, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 34, 41, 43, 44, 57, 60, 61, 72, 92, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 152, 179, 184, 258–84,
see also
Olympic, Games

GreenEDGE, 161, 166

Greipel, André, 221, 230

Hagen, Edvald Boasson, 52, 54, 58, 63, 92, 97, 123, 132, 158, 159, 166, 169, 170, 206, 212, 220, 221, 229, 231

Hallam, Ian, 143

Hamilton, Tyler, 186

Hampsten, Andy, 149

Hayles, Rob, 112

Hesjedal, Ryder, 167

HighRoad, 77, 129

Hinault, Bernard, 81, 218, 219, 220, 223–4, 242–3, 251, 252, 253, 284

Hincapie, George, 79, 149

Hindes, Philip, 152

Hondo, Danilo, 250

Hoy, Sir Chris, 34, 43, 49, 152, 179, 254, 261, 265, 282, 290

HTC, 78, 79, 128, 131

Hushovd, Thor, 78

Indurain, Miguel, 56, 224, 225, 247, 248, 252, 253, 284, 288

iteamNova, 144

Jeppesen, Carsten, 14, 15, 36, 126

Jones, Simon, 44–5

Julich, Bobby, 147, 148

Junior World Championships:

1997, 127

1998, 143

Kashechkin, Andrey, 182

Keeble, Ron, 142

Keen, Peter, 13, 57, 143, 258–9

Kelly, Sean, 189, 284

Kennaugh, Peter, 186

Kenny, Jason, 152

Kerrison, Tim:

BW’s training, role in, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 54, 56–9, 65–6, 68, 72, 73, 91, 92, 93, 94–5, 101, 102, 103, 115, 138, 152

Olympics 2012 and, 274, 275, 276

Team Sky riders and, 127

Tour de France 2012 and, 3, 191, 221, 241

Kimmage, Paul, 187–8

Kingcycle, 3

Kiserlovski, Robert, 223

Klöden, Andreas, 52, 170, 182

Knees, Christian, 106, 129–30, 135, 158, 165, 166, 169, 174, 212, 220, 231