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  • 2014 Tour

UCI & ASO need to ban Riis and Vino (& the rest) from Le Tour

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 30, 2014July 30, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar   Eurosport’s coverage of the 2014 Tour de…

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last crankpunk lowdown on Le Tour on PEZ

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 29, 2014

another year, another Tour, thank the cycling gods this one was better than the last.…

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  • 2014 Tour

Why the 2014 Tour de France has been so far, so good

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 18, 2014July 18, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar   We are only 11 stages into the…

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  • 2014 Tour

Cancellara, Specialized and Menchov: The Tour de Devious

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 15, 2014July 15, 2014

a version of this article originally appeared on The Roar   Intrigue and drama are…

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crankpunk on THAT stage on PEZ

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 14, 2014

wow. and er, wow. read all about my take on Stage 10 of the 2014…

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  • 2014 Tour

Tour de Cobbles: cp analysis on PEZ

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 10, 2014July 10, 2014

As I was watching the Tour last night my waters broke. And I didn’t even…

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  • 2014 Tour

Cavendish the architect of his own downfall

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 8, 2014July 8, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar   The English start to the 2014 Tour…

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crankpunk on PEZ on le Tour

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 8, 2014

this article appeared earlier today before Stage 4 of the Tour de Kittel, so it…

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  • 2014 Tour

Tales from the Tour #2

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 4, 2014

This article originally appeared on The Roar First Roman Kreuziger, then Daryl Impey. Who next?…

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  • 2014 Tour

Tour Gossip and more, from crankpunk on The Roar

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 1, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar The French! Where’s the Va-Va-Voom? Je ne sais…

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  • 2014 Tour

Cheng Ji’s inclusion in Tour de France masks neglect of Asian cycling

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 28, 2014June 28, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar   Giant-Shimano’s Cheng Ji will become the first…

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  • 2014 Tour

Betancur’s ‘difficultness’ might mean he misses Le Tour

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 13, 2014June 16, 2014

this article originally appeared in The Roar. “Where did it all go wrong, Carlos?” Colombian…

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If Wiggo misses the 2014 Tour, he only has himself to blame

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 5, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar Bradly Wiggins is “arrogant,” conceals himself in a…

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5 responses to “If Wiggo misses the 2014 Tour, he only has himself to blame”

  1. Rick Avatar
    Rick
    June 5, 2014

    Enjoyed your article as always , I agree with your assessment of Wiggins. I want to like Froome but his riding style is so ugly I can’t stand to watch him. I’ve yet to read an explanation of why he drops his head down every 5 seconds. You can look at your computer without completely dropping your head to the point where you can barely see the race in front of you. All this talk of marginal gains and yet he’s wasting lots of energy lifting his head up and down. Can you come up with a reason or is it just a nervous tic?

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      crankpunk
      June 10, 2014

      dunno Rick, he did it again yesterday be4 attacking too. whenever i see him i always laugh at that April Fool’s article from last year about how he;d had his biceps surgically removed to save weight 😉 whatever he is doing, seems to be working…

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  2. velocodger Avatar
    velocodger
    June 7, 2014

    Probably not many English-speaking folks saw Wiggins at his worst on French television during the 2012 Tour. France 3 had just finished a 1/2 hour homage to English cycling, with clips of Tom Simpson, among others. The commentator had put on sideburns as a tribute to Wiggins. His response? Nothing but insults! His replied to the adulation; “you don’t like the English, do you?” (in French to be sure the whole nation knew they had been insulted.) He couldn’t have acted more the ass if he tried. I was floored. I speculate that in the early days of Aicar use, the dosages had not been worked out, and Bradley suffered from side effects.

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    Noel
    June 9, 2014

    Here’s an alternative scenario – Wiggins won the timetrial -heavy 2012 Tour by 3.21. Who’s to say that Froome would have made that difference up if he’d been givien the licence? we just don’t know, and why would the Sky management, who had a tried, tested and proven winner in the yellow jersey, ever risk their multi-million £ investment on someone unfamiliar with all the media-hype/demands/pressures surrounding a race leader. The whole season had been built on getting Wiggins used to being race leader in a number of stage races, and a team getting used to protecting that lead. Suddenly the No2, fuelled by an ambitious manager/partner decides to ignore the obvious and chuck a spanner in the works, but thankfully backs down once Yates/Brailsford tell him what’s expected. He then plays a dutiful but sulky act into Paris. ‘as far as he was concerned he was just protecting the yellow…’ yeah right.

    at the end of the day, Brailsford has got himself two huge talents and resultant egos on his hands, and isn’t managing that very well if each side has to resort to book releases, and BBC interviews to get their side of the story across. Wiggo may rub a lot of people up the wrong way, but he and Cav (+ Hoy and Trott) are the big cycling stars in the UK (sorry Chris, but it’s true), and if he doesn’t line up in Yorkshire then Sky management may want to ask Brailsford how on earth he’s let that happen… from a purely athletic point-of-view he deserves a spot…

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    1. crankpunk Avatar
      crankpunk
      June 10, 2014

      absolutely right, pretty shoddy man-management!

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