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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rather than simply quoting from a single First-Person Nugget of Wisdom, I thought I would add a few brief observations: On Twitter, not a day goes by when Bradley Wiggins doesn't transfer to Sky. But like a good wacky sitcom, the plot goes awry and the characters inevitably wind up back where they started... setting the stage for another day of madness. A new item for the PdC Lexicon, from our good...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund has pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team, keeping the outfit alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador in its ranks.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Garmin-Slipstream unwilling to release Wiggins • Team Sky poised to add Ben Swift to roster Team Sky yesterday announced two new Italian signings, bringing their roster up to 24 ahead of the squad's first training camp in Manchester next week. But while the British-born Dario Cioni and Davide Viganò add strength, neither is the rider that everyone – including the Team Sky...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Who mistimed their holiday, who admired Hitler, and what's Bradley Wiggins shouting about? They're all here in our celebration of sport's stranger moments in 2009 The Prince Philip Award for Tact BBC presenter Clare Balding. To jockey Liam Treadwell, after his win at April's Grand National: "Give us a big grin to the camera. No, let's see your teeth! He hasn't got the best teeth in the world,...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Team Sky has reportedly delayed its final announcement of its 2010 roster as attempts to secure the services of Bradley Wiggins are pursued. According to The Guardian newspaper, Team Sky’s management team is adamant it can get its man, the reigning Olympic individual and team pursuit champion and the first British rider since Robert Millar to finish in the top five overall at the Tour de France....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• British cycling team delays naming final roster • Wiggins said to be keen to join Team Sky Team Sky will delay naming their full line-up with the final roster hingeing on their ongoing last-ditch efforts to sign Bradley Wiggins from the American Garmin-Slipstream team. With 19 riders signed up for the new British team, it had been hoped that the remaining seven, including Wiggins who is...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
WELSH wonder Geraint Thomas has been tipped to win the prologue time trial at the Tour de France and wear the race leader’s yellow jersey.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Manchester's World Cup was a chance for the young cyclists who are keeping Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins on their toes For Great Britain's cyclists, the weekend's World Cup in Manchester was a matter of setting a marker – as the performance director, Dave Brailsford, put it – so the team knows what to look forward to in the five months until the world championship, and in the two years,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
• Olympic gold medallist expected to be named in squad • 29-year-old yet to comment on future prospects The saga of Bradley Wiggins' future on the road could be resolved by the end of the week, with Team Sky poised to complete their line-up for the 2010 season. The two-time Olympic individual pursuit champion, who equalled the best Tour de France finish by a Briton with fourth place in July,...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Sir Chris Hoy's Team Sky+HD won a thrilling battle with Great Britain in the final of the men's team sprint at the Track World Cup at Manchester Velodrome.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Britain can now lay claim to having the three fastest four-kilometre pursuit riders in history in Chris Boardman, Thomas and Bradley Wiggins after the 23-year-old from Cardiff clocked four minutes 15.015 seconds in qualification on Friday.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Britain can now lay claim to having the three fastest four-kilometre pursuit riders in history in Chris Boardman, Thomas and Bradley Wiggins after the 23-year-old from Cardiff clocked four minutes 15.015 seconds in qualification on Friday.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
GERAINT THOMAS and Sir Chris Hoy showed Great Britain remain the world’s leading nation at Manchester’s Velodrome last night with stunning victories at the Track World Cup.