Well done Brad

BdeB

Well done Brad first top step of a stage race.

finchy

Excellent, well done BW.

Have you got the results of the final stage/standings?

hommelbier

http://www.heraldsuntour.com.au/index.php?id=197

Stage 6 results here. Bradley takes the overall GC by 11 seconds

pictit

Robert Millar won the Tour of Catalonia '85, Tour of Britain '89 and Dauphine Libere '90 and a host of 2nd places,alas [ Vuelta x2 @ '85+'86,Giro '87,Romandie '91,Switzerland '86,Dauphine Libere '89,Tour of Haut Var '84,Tour de l'Avenir '82,Bicicleta Vasca '88,Tour of Britain '90 ].
Are he and Bradley Wiggins the only two Brits to win Stage races ?

afx237vi

<devil's advocate>

How come Garmin aren't getting the same level of criticism that LA / Horner / Leipheimer got for gatecrashing a small-time regional race and steamrollering the local semi-pros?

I mean, no offence to the Sun Tour, I know it has a long history with some good past winners, but the quality of the field is not that different to the Nevada City Classic.

</devil's advocate>

afx237vi

pictit wrote:

Robert Millar won the Tour of Catalonia '85, Tour of Britain '89 and Dauphine Libere '90 and a host of 2nd places,alas [ Vuelta x2 @ '85+'86,Giro '87,Romandie '91,Switzerland '86,Dauphine Libere '89,Tour of Haut Var '84,Tour de l'Avenir '82,Bicicleta Vasca '88,Tour of Britain '90 ].
Are he and Bradley Wiggins the only two Brits to win Stage races ?

Boardman won the Critérium International.
Tom Simpson won Paris-Nice.
Brian Robinson won the Dauphiné Libéré.
Malcolm Elliot won the Milk Race and the Sun Tour.
Cayn Theakston won the Volta ao Portugal.

There are probably lots of others too.

Echo et les Boniments

Dave Millar won the circuit de la Sarthe back in 2001

finchy

Echo et les Boniments wrote:

Dave Millar won the cicuit de la Sarthe back in 2001

And the Tour of Denmark in the same year.

afx237vi

Sean Yates also won the Tour of Belgium according to Wikipedia.

Vin Denson won the Tour of Luxembourg.

dave_1

Good for Wiggins... when was his first stage race of the season?? I like the guy more and more cause he raced all year, in classics, Giro-tour combo and raced into 3rd week of October.

Cumulonimbus

Russell Downing won the tour of ireland a few weeks ago

patchy

D'ya think someone had some frustration to work out from the Worlds, perchance?

takethehighroad

Dave_1 wrote:

Good for Wiggins... when was his first stage race of the season?

I'm pretty sure it was Qatar, becasue he wore the leader's jersey on the first day of the season, nice bookends really

dave_1

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Dave_1 wrote:

Good for Wiggins... when was his first stage race of the season?

I'm pretty sure it was Qatar, becasue he wore the leader's jersey on the first day of the season, nice bookends really

impressive... he has raced 9 months unbroken...am sure he wil not lose too much fitness before next season...

The Prodigy

Dave_1 wrote:

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Dave_1 wrote:

Good for Wiggins... when was his first stage race of the season?

I'm pretty sure it was Qatar, becasue he wore the leader's jersey on the first day of the season, nice bookends really

impressive... he has raced 9 months unbroken...am sure he wil not lose too much fitness before next season...

You would like to think so, will depend how much time he spends on the sauce. According to twitter he's never off it!

thejesusandsedischain

didnt joey Mclaughlin win the kellogs tour of britan?

all show no go

patchy wrote:

D'ya think someone had some frustration to work out from the Worlds, perchance?

Congrats to Twiggo for having such a great year.

I think he's finally got rid of his frustration.............



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