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• Wiggins and Froome Make British Team For Copenhagen
  September 16th, 2011
  

  LONDON, Sept 16, 2011 – Team Sky duo Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins were named Friday in the British team for next month’s road cycling World Championships in Copenhagen. Froome [...]

• Cobo At The Double As Angliru Tortures Wiggins
  September 4th, 2011
  

  L’ANGLIRU, Spain, Sept 4, 2011 (AFP) – Juan Jose Cobo of the Geox team took possession of the red jersey from Bradley Wiggins on Sunday after the Englishman failed to [...]

• Wiggins Strengthens Lead As Taaramae Wins Vuelta Stage 14
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  LA FARRAPONA, Spain, Sept 3, 2011 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins produced a strong display of climbing on the Tour of Spain 14th stage Saturday, won by Estonia’s Rein Taaramae, [...]

• Albasini Wins Vuelta Stage13, Wiggins Red Jersey Dreams Continue
  September 2nd, 2011
  

  Ponferrada, Spain, Sept 2, 2011 (AFP) – Swiss rider Michael Albasini of HTC-Highroad scored his first victory in a Grand Tour on Friday, winning the 13th stage of the Spanish [...]

• Sagan Wins Vuelta Stage 12, Wiggins Keeps Riding In Red
  September 1st, 2011
  

  Pontevedra, Spain, Sept 1, 2011 (AFP) – Slovak rider Peter Sagan of Liquigas won the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain on Thursday, a 167.3-km ride from Ponteareas to [...]

• Moncoutie Wins Stage 11, Wiggins Smling In Red Jersey
  August 31st, 2011
  

  LA Manzaneda, Spain, Aug 31, 2011 (AFP) – French climbing specialist David Moncoutie took victory in the 11th stage of the Tour of Spain Wednesday, a 167-km ride from Verin [...]

• Martin Wins Stage, Froome Dons Red Jersey
  August 29th, 2011
  

  SAlamanca, Spain, Aug 29, 2011 (AFP) – German rider Tony Martin continued his superb season on Monday by winning the tenth stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday, a [...]

• Wiggins to lead Sky in Tour of Spain
  August 16th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 16, 2011 – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins will lead the Sky line-up for this year’s Tour of Spain, which starts next Saturday in Benidorm. Wiggins had to pull out [...]

• Tour de Crash Fest, More Yellow Jersey Men Crash Out
  July 10th, 2011
  

  saint-flour, France, July 10, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian yellow jersey contender Jurgen van den Broeck crashed out of the Tour de France Sunday due to injuries suffered in a mass [...]

• Cavendish Wins The Seventh Stage, And Ads Number 17 Tour Win To Resume
  July 8th, 2011
  

  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 8, 2011 (AFP) – British sprint king Mark Cavendish took his victory tally on the Tour de France to 17 when he powered to victory in the [...]

• Wiggins Crashes Out of Tour de France
  July 8th, 2011
  

  Tour de France yellow jersey contender Bradley Wiggins has crashed out of the Tour de France on Friday after being caught up in a crash on the race’s seventh stage. [...]

• Evans Feels Thankful After Crash-Marred Fifth Stage
  July 6th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) CAP FREHEL, France, July 7, 2011 – As a former victim himself, Cadel Evans is unlikely to take any joy from seeing rivals for the [...]

• Contador, Wiggins and Gesink Crash On Tour
  July 6th, 2011
  

  CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 (AFP) – Reigning champion Alberto Contador and fellow yellow jersey contenders Bradley Wiggins and Robert Gesink survived crashes to continue the fifth stage of [...]

• Team Sky Stage 4 Tour de France Quotes
  July 5th, 2011
  

  Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky Rider: “It’s probably not much of a climb if you do it in training but the way the stage was, with the wet, the wind and [...]

• Wiggins Has ‘Learned Lessons’
  June 30th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, June 30, 2011 – Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins refuses to speculate on his chances of a podium place on the Tour de [...]

• Team Sky Names Wiggins To Lead Tour Bid
  June 23rd, 2011
  

  LONDON, England, June 23, 2011 (AFP) – British yellow jersey hope Bradley Wiggins will be supported by a “strong and balanced” team for the July 2-24 Tour de France, Team [...]

• Wiggins Critical Of Contador’s Tour de France Plan
  June 12th, 2011
  

  LA TOUSSUIRE, France, June 12, 2011 (AFP) – British rider Bradley Wiggins believes that defending champion Alberto Contador’s presence in this year’s Tour de France is bad for cycling. Contador [...]

• Wiggins Becomes Third Briton To Win Criterium du Dauphine
  June 12th, 2011
  

  LA TOUSSUIRE, France, June 12, 2011 (AFP) – Bradley Wiggins became the third Briton to win the Criterium du Dauphine after Spain’s Joaquin Rodriguez took the final 117.5km stage between [...]

• Rodriguez Takes Stage As Wiggins Remains Leader
  June 11th, 2011
  

  LE COLLET D’ALLEVARD, France, June 11, 2011 – Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez of Katusha won the sixth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Saturday on a breakaway which saw him [...]

• Kern Wins Dauphine Fifth Stage, Wiggins Still Leader
  June 10th, 2011
  

  LES GETS, France, June 10, 2011 – Christophe Kern of Europcar won the fifth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine here on Friday to snap a six-year winless streak, with [...]

• Degenkolb Takes Dauphiné Stage, As Wiggins Retains Lead
  June 9th, 2011
  

  MACON, France, June 9, 2011 (AFP) – German rider John Degenkolb (HTC) won the sprint finish to take stage four of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday but Britain’s Bradley [...]

• Martin Takes Third Stage, Wiggins In Lead At Dauphine
  June 8th, 2011
  

  GRENOBLE, France, June 8, 2011 (AFP) – Germany’s Tony Martin of the HTC-Highroad team took the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, a 42.5km time-trial in Grenoble on Wednesday. [...]

• Degenkolb Sprints To Dauphine Second Stage Win, Vinokourov Keeps Lead
  June 7th, 2011
  

  Written by: Jean Montois LYON, France, June 7, 2011 (AFP) – German sprinter John Degenkolb of HTC-Highroad claimed his fifth win in his maiden season as a professional with victory [...]

• Tour de France Contenders To Test Fitness At Dauphine
  June 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 3, 2011 – Australian Cadel Evans and Belgium’s Jurgen van den Broeck are among the big names hoping to lay their Tour de France credentials on the line [...]

• How To Maximize The Benefit From Your Aerobars
  December 11th, 2010
  

  Article by: Aram at Predator Cycling A History of the Aerobar Used by triathletes as early as 1987, but the most notable first use of the Aerobar occurred with Greg [...]

• UK Sport Chief Fearful Of Tour Impact
  July 27th, 2010
  

  LONDON, July 27, 2010 (AFP) – UK Sport performance director Peter Keen is concerned his counterpart at British Cycling, Dave Brailsford, has taken a big risk trying to oversee a [...]

• Sky Crashes In On Wiggins’ Tour Ambitions
  July 13th, 2010
  

  SAINT JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France, July 13, 2010 – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins swapped his Tour de France podium ambitions for hopes of a top ten finish after an epic day [...]

• Wiggins Looking To Madeleine As Next Tour Test
  July 12th, 2010
  

  MORZINE-AVORIAZ, France – Bradley Wiggins said he will have a better idea of his Tour de France podium chances by the end of the ninth stage over the legendary Col [...]

• Wiggins Dirt Coated After Superb Pave Ride
  July 6th, 2010
  

  ARENBERG, France – Tour de France contender Bradley Wiggins finally had a reason to crack a smile, albeit dirt-caked, after a superb ride on the race’s third stage relaunched his [...]

• Wiggins, Schleck Lose Time To Yellow Jersey Rivals
  July 3rd, 2010
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins suffered what could prove to be a costly blow on Saturday as he opened his Tour de France account in disastrous fashion. Team Sky [...]

• Tour de France 2010 Contenders
  June 27th, 2010
  

  Favorites for the yellow jersey for the 97th edition of the 2010 Tour de France, to be held July 3-25: Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana Labeled the ‘best in the world’ [...]

• Contador Facing Early Challenge To Yellow Jersey Bid
  June 26th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 25, 2010 – Defending champion Alberto Contador will saddle up for the Tour de France in a little over a week’s time with more than [...]

• Wiggins To Lead Team Sky At Tour de France
  June 24th, 2010
  

  LONDON, June 24, 2010 – British cycling ace Bradley Wiggins will as expected lead Team Sky’s maiden Tour de France challenge after the team was announced on Thursday for the [...]

• Basso Basks In Pink, But Can’t Wait For The Tour
  June 1st, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, June 1, 2010 – Recently-crowned Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso has promised to compete with the few real contenders for cycling’s prestigious yellow jersey after [...]

• Briton Wiggins Wins Giro d’Italia First Stage
  May 8th, 2010
  

  AMSTERDAM, May 8, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s three-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins got Team Sky’s Grand Tour debut off to the perfect start by winning the first stage of the [...]

• Wiggins Set For First Tour of Duty With Team Sky
  May 1st, 2010
  

  LONDON, April 30, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins will line up for the Giro d’Italia next week hoping a solid performance over three weeks of racing will boost his [...]

• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles For Travel-Weary Cyclists
  April 17th, 2010
  

  Missing out on riding a major bike race with 257.3 kilometers and 31 climbs on the menu would probably be welcomed by most people. But not Europe’s cycling elite, who [...]

• Wiggins, Basso and Schlecks At Catalunya Tour
  March 21st, 2010
  

  Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be among the big names missing when the Tour of Catalunya provides an early season tester to the stage race specialists this [...]

• Wiggins To Make Sky Debut At Tour of Qatar
  January 26th, 2010
  

  Bradley Wiggins will make his debut in Team Sky colours at the Tour of Qatar which gets under way on February 7. The three-time Olympic gold medalist used the race [...]

• Team Sky Aiming For Tour de France Bullseye In Five Years
  January 4th, 2010
  

  Team Sky, the new professional team aiming to take Britain’s cycling success on the track onto the road was officially launched Monday with the aim of producing a Tour de [...]

• Armstrong Makes A Comeback, But Contador Still The King
  December 23rd, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, Dec 23, 2009 (AFP) – As fans and rivals know only too well, Lance Armstrong is not used to coming second best. But in what proved [...]

• Team Sky Gives Kit Preview – Kind Of
  December 18th, 2009
  

  Team Sky will not be releasing their new kit design until January 4th, 2010, but they did give a small (very small) hint of what they might look like. They [...]

• Wiggins and Romero Lose Out In Cycling Shake-Up
  December 11th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Dec 10, 2009 (AFP) – British cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Romero will not be able to defend their titles at the 2012 Games in London after changes to [...]

• Romero ‘Shocked’ By Olympic Changes
  October 29th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Oct 28, 2009 (AFP) – British Olympic champion Rebecca Romero has hit out at “ludicrous” plans to change the track cycling programme which would mean she could not defend [...]

• Wiggins Looking To Improve Performance, But Not With Garmin
  September 26th, 2009
  

  MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 25, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins has indicated that staying with his current team Garmin is unlikely to boost his hopes of finishing on the Tour [...]

• Sutton and Hagen Close In On Tour of Britain Leader
  September 15th, 2009
  

  BLACKPOOL, England, Sept 15, 2009 (AFP) – Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Columbia won a second consecutive stage in the Tour of Britain Tuesday to move within one second [...]

• Olympic Champion Geraint Thomas To Join Team Sky
  September 9th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Sept 9, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic gold medal winner Geraint Thomas is one of six British riders who will join new professional cycling squad Team Sky next season, the [...]

• Wiggins Vows To Focus On Tour de France
  July 29th, 2009
  

  British rider Bradley Wiggins will focus his attention solely on the Tour de France for the next two years in an effort to win cycling’s most daunting race. Wiggins equaled [...]

• Tour Chief Salutes Contador, Armstrong… And Brits
  July 27th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, July 27, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme gave the thumbs-up to the influence of Lance Armstrong on this year’s race after the [...]

• Wiggins Misses Podium, But Will Equal Millar’s Feat
  July 25th, 2009
  

  LE MONT VENTOUX, France, July 25, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins came up short in his bid for an historic podium place for Britain when he finished [...]

• Contador Eyes Tour Crown As Garate Conquers Ventoux
  July 25th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis Alberto Contador virtually secured his second Tour de France crown after the race’s 20th and penultimate stage won by his fellow Spaniard Juan Manuel Garate on Saturday. [...]

• Frank Schleck Takes Stage, Contador Remains Wearing yellow
  July 22nd, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis LE GRAND-BORNAND, France, July 22, 2009 (AFP) – Luxemburg rider Frank Schleck won the 17th stage of the Tour de France here on Wednesday. Spain’s 2007 Tour [...]

• Wiggins Sets Sights On Killer Alpine Stage
  July 21st, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, France, July 21, 2009 (AFP) – Bradley Wiggins’ laid-back approach to challenging for the Tour de France yellow jersey paid off again Tuesday when he came [...]

• I Can’t Beat Contador, Insists Wiggins
  July 20th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MARTIGNY, Switzerland, July 20, 2009 (AFP) – The chances of seeing a British rider on the Tour de France podium have looked slim for decades, and Bradley [...]

• Wiggins Excited But Calms Yellow Jersey Ambitions
  July 19th, 2009
  

  VERBIER, Switzerland, July 19, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins called for calm on Sunday as he produced a “fantastic” display of climbing on the Tour de France 15th stage [...]

• Wiggins, Leipheimer Win Back Lost Time On Tour Leaders
  July 15th, 2009
  

  American Levi Leipheimer and Britain’s Bradley Wiggins were among several riders Wednesday to be handed back 15secs in time lost at the end of the Tour de France 10th stage. [...]

• ‘Cav’ Pulled In As Slimmed-Down GB Name Track Squad
  March 16th, 2009
  

  LONDON, March 16, 2009 (AFP) – Four-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish has been included in a largely experimental 19-man British track cycling squad that will head to [...]

• Bradley Wiggins of Team Garmin Pulls Out of Paris-Nice
  March 11th, 2009
  

  SAINT ETIENNE, France, March 11, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins of American outfit Garmin pulled out of the Paris-Nice race on Wednesday to attend the funeral [...]

• Wiggins Expects Tough Battle For British Team In Pursuit
  August 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Two-time Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins expects a tough battle on Monday when he leads Britain out in a bid to [...]

• Bradley Wiggins Wins Gold In Pursuit For Great Britain
  August 17th, 2008
  

  WIGGINS SCORCHES TO GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN WIGGINS WINS OLYMPIC GOLD San Luis Obispo, CA, 16 August 2008 – Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins fulfilled all expectations by netting the gold [...]

• Wiggins Defends Olympic Pursuit Crown
  August 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Englishman Bradley Wiggins successfully defended his Olympic crown when he won the individual pursuit track cycling gold medal for Britain here [...]

• Golden Brits Clean Up On Beijing Olympic Track
  August 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain continued its dominance of the Olympic track cycling events here on Saturday by adding a further two golds, two silvers [...]

• Brits On Gold Rush, And In Record Time
  August 15th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) – Britain lived up to their billing as the dominant force on the boards of the Laoshan velodrome here Friday with a [...]

• Wiggins Can Set New World Record, Says Chief
  August 15th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s search for more Olympic track cycling glory was given a huge boost Friday in the qualifying sessions for the men’s [...]

• McGee Out As Wiggins Sets New Olympic Pursuit Record
  August 15th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) – Defending champion Bradley Wiggins set a new Olympic record of four minutes 15.031 seconds in winning his qualifying heat for the men’s individual pursuit [...]

• Britain’s Hoy, Wiggins Chasing Gold To Be King Of The Keirin
  August 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Hoy could face his biggest test yet as the king of the keirin when he bids to add Olympic [...]

• Battle Of The ‘Brads’ Could Light Up The Laoshan Velodrome
  August 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – Bradley McGee is hoping to put a silver lining around yet another injury-hit season when he saddles up with Olympic medals [...]

• Brits Set Sail For Olympic Cycling Paradise
  August 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) – British cycling chief Dave Brailsford is confident his Olympic squad will blaze a trail to the podium in Beijing by medalling [...]

• Wiggins Taking Triple Gold Aims In Stride
  August 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 5, 2008 (AFP) – The thought of putting his impressive endurance skills to the test on the world’s biggest stage is just another day’s work [...]

• British Cyclists Plans Beijing Medal Spree
  July 26th, 2008
  

  LONDON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Great Britain’s cyclists are planning a gold medal spree at the Beijing Olympics. Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Is The Big Man On The Stanford Campus
  February 17th, 2008
  

  Today was the start of the Amgen Tour of California with some of the world’s best bicycle riders coming to compete in Palo Alto, California. The morning started with bitter [...]