He’s in his last few events of what has been a long and very varied career, after this i think he is just doing London and the Ghent 6 track events, so basically the Tour of Britain is his “victory lap”, a chance for him to personally thank and have some fun with the crowds in his home country.
Personally, I don’t get the Wiggo hatred, saw some Facebook page and it was nothing but abuse.
How many cyclists in the modern era have excelled in such a wide variety of cycling events, he won a Grand Tour dropping large amounts of weight to do so, excelled on the track at Team Pursuit and holds the Hour record by a good margin, has been one of the best time-triallists and then can come top 10 in the one day classics like Roubaix, then come back to win gold at 36 years of age at the Olympics, constantly changing his training regime and physiology to do it, often doing it with his tongue wedged firmly on his cheek and with a certain style?
In addition, how many of the modern cyclists have sought to form their own team to provide track and young riders a road career and act as a filter to World Tour teams, whilst putting finance into the Wiggle- Honda ladies team and seeking to form his own ladies team?
Yes, he can be a clown, but i think he has done a lot of British cyling, and whilst i do like Chris Froome, he is a bit of a one trick pony?
