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  • feelgoodlost
    feelgoodlost Posts: 337
    Amazing scenes!
    https://www.strava.com/athletes/442763
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    He's only gone and bloody done it...

    Fair play, that's brilliant. Well done Brad!
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ufff 26secs is huge margin. Don't like Wiggins at all but somewhat happy he got this. He has tried so often to get it and now he has another thing ticked off his list - certainly a big target for him. He had to re-adjust his whole body and stop road racing completely in order to achieve it but congratulations.

    1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:56:25.52
    2 Tony Martin (Germany) 0:56:51.75
    3 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 0:57:06.16
    4 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0:57:13.44
    5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:57:23.26
    6 Adriano Malori (Italy) 0:57:37.14
    7 Nelson Oliveira (Portugal) 0:57:47.15
    8 Anton Vorobyev (Russia) 0:57:55.18
    9 Jan Barta (Czech Republic) 0:58:08.93
    10 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain) 0:58:09.72

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Sorry FF, that photo is woeful.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best tester of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Amazing. That's a righteous gubbing of Martin.

    Astounding that it may be his last significant road TT.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    coriordan wrote:
    Sorry FF, that photo is woeful.

    :roll:

    Give me something better or STFU.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Wow. Didn't see that coming.

    Will we ever see him wear the jersey on the road though?
  • geoffh73
    geoffh73 Posts: 85
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Wiggo!

    Road goals complete - just Olympics left. Another couple of track golds?

    Would be surprised to see him have a go at Paris Roubaix next year
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    edited September 2014
    Proof positive that when Wiggo sets his mind to do something, he does it. Yes he has off seasons and off moments when he is not interested, but when he is bothered - blimey. Pure legend.

    When it comes to range of performance possibly one of the best of all time? Certainly Britain's GOAT!
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  • tom3
    tom3 Posts: 287
    The look of Brad's pupils on the visual as he stuck his thumb up in the waiting room. The look of someone who has just gone deeper than ever before. Well done chap.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Olympic champion, national champion and no World champion what a list.


    FF I thought you had shown humility, but then the second part ruined it. Not like he was beating Martin 2 years ago?
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best tester of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    Hour record on the shelf first.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Its ironic given the interrupted season he's had and all the off the road issues that Wiggins has secured probably the biggest win of the season by Sky (and arguably the second biggest with the Tour of Cali GC). Very well done. Let's see what the road race team can do on Sunday - surely an improvement on last year!
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  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    And Wiggins saves SKY's season!
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,608
    tom3 wrote:
    The look of Brad's pupils on the visual as he stuck his thumb up in the waiting room. The look of someone who has just gone deeper than ever before. Well done chap.

    He did look impressively b*ggered as he lay on the floor under the cold towels.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Interviewer: "What went across your mind this morning?"
    Wiggins: "… I needed a wee."
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best rider of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    FTFY

    Also add a Paris Roubaix next year to really seal the deal...
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best rider of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    FTFY

    Also add a Paris Roubaix next year to really seal the deal...

    You know what, you're right.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Long history in this event.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Balls.

    (Can't help not being a fan).
    _
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    A great ride from Wiggins. Delighted that he was able to add this title to his palmares. It would have been wrong if he had reached retirement and not had the World TT title on his mantelpiece.

    DD.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best rider of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    FTFY

    Oh, come on. It's a great ride today, but no way.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • eh
    eh Posts: 4,854
    edited September 2014
    All of Sky's biggest wins this season were Wiggo's, Top ride.

    Back to earlier point not all Italian jerseys have been majority blue the one I have is from 2001 and is more balanced between blue, white and green on front and back (side panels are solid blue mind) as shown by Bettini not winning in this photo.

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  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    edited September 2014
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best rider of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    FTFY

    Oh, come on. It's a great ride today, but no way.

    I think you could say he is the best allround rider of his generation when you look at the range of results. All he needs is a Classic (PR) and what else would he have to win?
    He obviously isn't going to go for a CX race based on that Cofidis/FDJ video from a few years back!
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  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Not a fan of Wiggins but you have to congratulate his effort and win.

    Like FF, I think his lack of racing throughout the year (and that includes days when he was idling by on or off the back of the peleton) helped him stay fresh at this point in the season. Fair enough though, as he said this was his main goal of the season and he delivered.

    Gonna be interesting if he is allowed to focus 100% on P-R.
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    Wiggins!!!

    So happy for him, deserved it. Best rider of his generation.

    On to the track and 2 more golds.

    FTFY

    Oh, come on. It's a great ride today, but no way.

    Which rider who turned pro since 2000 can match the breadth of his palmares?
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Which rider who turned pro since 2000 can match the breadth of his palmares?
    Cadel Evans
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  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    RichN95 wrote:
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Which rider who turned pro since 2000 can match the breadth of his palmares?
    Cadel Evans

    How many Track WC's and Olympic Gold's does Cadel have?
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    RichN95 wrote:
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Which rider who turned pro since 2000 can match the breadth of his palmares?
    Cadel Evans

    Good shout. But if you said who's better Evans or Wiggo, most would say Wiggo wouldn't they?

    Also they've both done it with hardly a credible hint of doping, which makes their achievements all the more impressive in this era.
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