D0NK – Member
so who’s better? redgrave for 5 golds or wiggins for 7 medals?
Seems to be some differences of opinion

If you do it by points 3 gold 2 silver 1 bronze then wiggins has 16 points and Redgrave has 16 points.

TDF is a big plus but redgrave has won a lot of WC stuff too.

(mind you redgrave has retired wiggo still got a few years yet hopefully)

Only reason I ask is the TT coverage were saying greatest british sportsman, cut to BBC1 who said second greatest behind redgrave.

Wife is expecting in September.

What say the STW massive we call him Bradley!

Awesome stuff. He’s a legend.
Excellent effort from Froome as well, hope he gets the recognition he deserves for what he’s done in the last year.

Chapeau Wiggo !

D’you think he might have a little holiday now and hit the pies.

I would

so who’s better? redgrave for 5 golds or wiggins for 7 medals?

Ah but wait for the track racing when Chris Hoy overtakes them both. 😉

Redgrave needed teammates 😉
brad has won every time he rode without a team

Pointless debate really TBH – tomorrow we may have to add Hoy to the list as well if he gets a Gold

Pies he has wigan Kebab on order [ pie in a bap]

geetee1972 – Member

Wife is expecting in September.

What say the STW massive we call him Bradley!

Sounds like destiny calling, hope its a boy, could be embarrassing for a girl growing up being called Bradley.

What say the STW massive we call him Bradley!

Especially if it’s a girl 🙂

crazy-legs – Member
Ah but wait for the track racing when Chris Hoy overtakes them both

Hoy loses the equivalent of a gold medal for each awful advert he does.

Double Bloody Decker!

D’you think he might have a little holiday now and hit the pies wine.

Local wine suppliers are preparing themselves for his onslaught….!

Already know it’s a boy. It’s in the bag!

Already know it’s a boy. It’s in the bag!

thought you weren’t telling anyone? Your missus is going to kill you 😀

That podium is slightly off centre.

why are we waiting 😀

quality stuff from the beeb

Up there with Paul Gascoyne in Italia 90, in terms of transforming the status of a sport. Wiggins – someone to believe in at last!

Froome gets Bronze – crowd goes wild
Martin gets Silver – polite applause
Wiggins gets Gold – can’t hear yourself think.

🙂

Wiggo……Wiggo………….Wiggo

Phew, thought that loud northern woman was about to pop up and warble at any moment…

Ladbrokes have paid out on all bets for Wiggins to win SPOTY.

What I really like about this, is that is the public have been able to get so involved.

Great Crowds, Great Win….. Great Great Day!

Ah but wait for the track racing when Chris Hoy overtakes them both.

How many events is Hoy competing? Is it just the Keirin or pursuit too?

How many events is Hoy competing? Is it just the Keirin or pursuit too?

Keirin and team sprint.

What I really like about this, is that is the public have been able to get so involved.

Yeah. Never thought I’d see the day that we’d have huge crowds of people cheering on a bike race in the UK and cyclists on the front covers of the tabloids for all the right reasons. Brings a lump to me throat.

Let’s hope some of this good feeling trickles down into more money for cycling provision for ordinary UK folk.

If only we could have Ned Boulting doing the post race interview. I’m off to the hospital now to get my stomach pumped out. I decided to take a drink every time Hugh Porter got a name wrong.

Wiggins 2012 – Transformative.

I decided to take a drink every time Hugh Porter got a name wrong

“And there’s Wiggins now” (being followed by a car with FROOME written on the front)

Martin gets Silver – polite applause

Let’s not be beastly to the hun.

Redgrave got his 5 golds over a longer period of time so that puts him ever so slightly ahead stil IMO, only the width of a sideburn though!!

Yeah. Never thought I’d see the day that we’d have huge crowds of people cheering on a bike race in the UK and cyclists on the front covers of the tabloids for all the right reasons. Brings a lump to me throat.

+1!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/01/bradley-wiggins-gold-medal-olympian

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9444099/Bradley-Wiggins-wins-gold-as-Great-Britains-cyclists-dominate-Olympic-time-trial.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/olympics/4466707/London-2012-Olympics-Bradley-Wiggins-wins-time-trial-gold.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182113/London-2012-Golden-boy-Britains-Tour-France-hero-Bradley-Wiggins-decorated-Olympian-wins-cycling-time-trial.html

All theses Golds, all this glory, . . but I wonder, would Wiggo would let me past in my car on a country road?

that’s the real test of a man . . .

I wonder, would Wiggo would let me past in my car on a country road?

You’d be doing well to catch him!

Which road? Link please.

would Wiggo would let me past in my car on a country road?

No. There was some car stuck behind him for the entire race.

would Wiggo would let me past in my car on a country road?
No. There was some car stuck behind him for the entire race.

Apparently the driver got out and confronted him afterwards, he told them to **** off though

We watched on the Portsmouth Road after Cobham. Good support for most riders but mega cheers for Froome and Wiggo. It’s was a shock to see Froome ahead of Sanchez as we did not know his news. Cancellara looked beaten then which was sad. Great support for team GB and loads of non-cyclists really getting into it.

First time to see a pro TT. The impression of speed was not as great as I imagined and they all seemed bulkier than I expected (all in relative senses obviously) . Mega bike envy though. Cervelos, dayglo Shivs and the Giants looked particularly nice!!!!!

Ladbrokes have paid out on all bets for Wiggins to win SPOTY

Three letters say Wiggins wont win SPOTY despite his stunning Year. S. K. Y. The beeb referred to the tour (covered by rival network) as a great prep for the olympics (covered by them), I’m too cynical to think we will see loads of coverage of arch rival SKY-emblazoned kit dominating a centrepiece of the beeb’s annual programming.

I hope I’m wrong, but there’s a dozen other sports (Andy Murray winning our hearts by losing wimbledon) and possible olympic stories that could eclipse him as far as the beeb and the press is concerned.

Redgrave needed teammates

Except when he won in the scull.
Well done boyo!
I wonder if this is really what it’s all about. 😆